[lug] Network Connection

[Dhruva B. Reddy]

I had a similar problem last week.  Unfortunately this has not been resolved
(I have higher priority tasks on my plate).  However, someone suggested that it
may be a hardware problem with the NIC, especially with the "SIOCSIFFLAGS" line.

Dhruva

On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 02:24:38PM -0600, John Gary wrote:
> I have Redhat 7 with a 3Com 509 NIC and a 3Com hub connected to a
> Windows ME system which has the DSL.  When I run Win NT the local
> network works fine.
> With Linux the message file from the boot up gives the " Network is
> down" message as shown below.  Everything was powered up when I started
> Linux, the
> system works when running NT so I do not suspect a bad connection.  I
> can not find
> any information on the "ifup" refered to in the boot messages.  I can
> ping eth0 but the routing table was not set during bootup.  When I
> attempt to add to the routing table with route, I get the "network down"
> message.  Any idea what the problem is?
> The "ifconfig eth0" command gives a reasonable response.
> 
> Jun 15 08:55:03 pecos network: Setting network parameters:  succeeded
> Jun 15 08:55:04 pecos network: Bringing up interface lo:  succeeded
> Jun 15 08:55:04 pecos ifup: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily
> unavailable
> Jun 15 08:55:04 pecos ifup: SIOCADDRT: Network is down
> Jun 15 08:55:04 pecos ifup: SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
> Jun 15 08:55:05 pecos network: Bringing up interface eth0:  succeeded
> Jun 15 11:16:32 pecos kernel: eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port,
> address  00 50 04 e4 7d bb, IRQ 10.
> Jun 15 11:16:32 pecos kernel: 3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98
> becker at cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov.
> 
> Thanks,  John Gary
> 
> 
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