[SOLVED] Installing Ethernet Driver returns Error

bathory · 03-31-2011, 10:31 AM

You need to define your gateway and a nameserver, so you can resolve domain names.
If the gui too is not working, you can edit directly /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to assign IP etc to your nic, /etc/sysconfig/network to define the gateway and /etc/resolv.conf to add one or more nameservers
For details have a look here

Regards

Zahar2011 · 03-31-2011, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

You need to define your gateway and a nameserver, so you can resolve domain names.
If the gui too is not working, you can edit directly /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to assign IP etc to your nic, /etc/sysconfig/network to define the gateway and /etc/resolv.conf to add one or more nameservers
For details have a look here

Regards

Can u please guide me step by step how to make the necessary changes?. The website you refered me says The /etc/sysconfig/networking/ directory is used by the Network Administration Tool (system-config-network) and its contents should not be edited manually. I just dont want to tamper with the whole thing and go back to square one. Bear with me i'm very new in linux.

bathory · 03-31-2011, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Can u please guide me step by step how to make the necessary changes?. The website you refered me says The /etc/sysconfig/networking/ directory is used by the Network Administration Tool (system-config-network) and its contents should not be edited manually. I just dont want to tamper with the whole thing and go back to square one. Bear with me i'm very new in linux.

You can always make backups of the files you edit, so you can revert back if something goes wrong. Anyway try the following:

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

Code:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
DHCPCLASS=
HWADDR=60:EB:69:A0:45:1B 
IPADDR=192.168.1.102
NETMASK=255.255.255.192
ONBOOT=yes

/etc/sysconfig/network

Code:

NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

Note: change the gateway IP to match your router, or whatever device you use to access the internet

/etc/resolv.conf

Code:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 208.67.222.222

Here I've used google and opendns name servers, but you can use your ISP's name servers if you want

Then restart the network service and test:

Code:

/etc/init.d/network restart

BTW you can use google to search for example "how to setup network on RHEL" and don't wait for us to answer

Regards

Zahar2011 · 03-31-2011, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

You can always make backups of the files you edit, so you can revert back if something goes wrong. Anyway try the following:

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

Code:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
DHCPCLASS=
HWADDR=60:EB:69:A0:45:1B 
IPADDR=192.168.1.102
NETMASK=255.255.255.192
ONBOOT=yes

/etc/sysconfig/network

Code:

NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

Note: change the gateway IP to match your router, or whatever device you use to access the internet

/etc/resolv.conf

Code:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 208.67.222.222

Here I've used google and opendns name servers, but you can use your ISP's name servers if you want

Then restart the network service and test:

Code:

/etc/init.d/network restart

BTW you can use google to search for example "how to setup network on RHEL" and don't wait for us to answer

Regards

Thanks for your reply. Well i do both, i search the internet and also wait for your reply.It is just that i haven't yet found better than what i get from this forum.
Anyway i have no ifcfg-eth0 as you can see below: the ifcfg-lo that i have below is text file not a directory

[root@localhost network-scripts]# ls
ifcfg-lo ifdown-ppp ifup-ippp ifup-sit
ifdown ifdown-routes ifup-ipv6 ifup-tunnel
ifdown-bnep ifdown-sit ifup-isdn ifup-wireless
ifdown-eth ifdown-tunnel ifup-plip init.ipv6-global
ifdown-ippp ifup ifup-plusb net.hotplug
ifdown-ipv6 ifup-aliases ifup-post network-functions
ifdown-isdn ifup-bnep ifup-ppp network-functions-ipv6
ifdown-post ifup-eth ifup-routes

Moreover i have no resolv.conf under /etc

bathory · 03-31-2011, 05:52 PM

If they don't exist, you can create them.
They are supposed to be created by the system-config-network) gui tool