On Wed, 17 May 2006 16:53:59 -0400, Luke Scharf <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Lucian Stroe wrote:
>
>>> This implies that the eth0 interface was never configured. The file
>>>
>>>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 needs to exist before a
>>>"activate" will work.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I can understand this, but it looks more as an explanation than a solutio
>>n
>>for solving the problem. So, what I have to do?
>>
>>
>The hard-core way:
>
># nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
>
>Or, if you like vi:
>
># vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
>And set the appropriate variables in the file.  I often use examples
>from other machines for this.  This is a very flexible way to configure
>the NIC.
>
>The easy way (console):
>
># /usr/sbin/netconfig
>
>
>And then follow the prompts.  This is very easy and fast; I use it when
>I'm setting up a workstation with a vanilla IP configuration, where all
>I need is a static-IP or a DHCP configuration.  It's not so good for
>unusual, multi-NIC,  or multi-homed configurations -- but, how often
>does one do those things?
>
>The GUI way:
>
>$ system-config-network
>
>I don't configure networks with the GUI.  I've opened the GUI tool a
>couple of times, and it looks like it works at least as well as
>/usr/sbin/netconfitg -- but I prefer to have the fundamentals configured
>before I have to face a graphical desktop.  Just my personal peeves,
>mind you -- it's your system, and you can do it your way!
>

Do you mean, essentially, that I have to set the IP number, the gateway, the
DNS and so on? But this was already done during the installation... Why
should I repeat it?

Lucian.