[SOLVED] ADSL Broadband connectivity

[pschaff]

How did you go about making the changes? system-config-network? What produces the errors in post #6? "service network restart"?

What does the following command show?[code]ls -lF /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*[/code]

[mahajan]

I configured the eth2 using the command "system-config-network".
After that i issued command "service network restart" which produced the error posted in #6.

The output of "ls -lF /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* " as below.
[code]
-rw-r--r-- 5 root root 138 Feb 17 18:25 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
-rw-r--r-- 5 root root 174 Feb 17 17:24 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
-rwxrwxrwx 5 root root 161 Feb 17 18:32 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 254 Jul 4 2009 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo
[/code][Moderator edit: Added [i]code[/i] tags to preserve formatting.]

What is going wrong? sir , Please help
Thanks

[archange]

Hello, mahajan,

I don't know if this helps, but I also use pppoe on my home server. The cable is connected to my eth0. Here's the configuration I am using in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:


[code]
# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
HWADDR=6c:62:6d:52:2b:ad
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
[/code]

For the pppoe part, the following command does the trick:

[code]
# adsl-setup
[/code]

Then, I just followed the setup.

[pschaff]

[quote]
mahajan wrote:
...
What is going wrong?[/quote]
I wish I knew. This is very puzzling. The permissions on /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2 should be 644 and not 777 but don't see how that could generate the errors.

Please show the results of[code]
rpm -q initscripts
rpm -V initscripts[/code]

[mahajan]

I changed the permission to 644 ifcfg-eth2.

The output of "rpm -q initscripts" is "initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.Centos"
and the command " rpm -V initscripts" got executed without giving any error/ output.

Thanks.

[pschaff]

The current package is initscripts-8.45.30-3.el5.centos but that would not explain the errors. I would hate to suggest a Redmond-like reinstall, but that might be the last resort approach if nobody else can get to the heart of the matter. This looks like a fresh 5.5 install. Has any other configuration or software installation been done to it?

Does this system have other network connectivity available? Have you successfully connected it to other networks? Did you try [b]adsl-setup[/b] as suggested in post #13?

[mahajan]

Hello Sir,
I reinstalled centos 5.5 (i386). The error quoted in post #6 is now not coming. But the problem is not solved. ie still the message
" Determining IP information for eth3 ....failed" appears. I connected the ADSL broadband modem via cat 5 cable (straight cable) on eth3 ethernet port. The modem is configuerd in pppoe mode.

Thanks in advance.

[pschaff]

The questions asked in post #16 are still applicable.

[mahajan]

R/Sir,
as in Post #16 . I have not installed any other extra software.
Also the ethernet works well with other network ie . assined static ip to ethernet and it got connected to other network.

I have not performed adsl-setup as suggested in post #13.

Thanks

[pschaff]

[quote]
mahajan wrote:
R/Sir,
as in Post #16 . I have not installed any other extra software.
Also the ethernet works well with other network ie . assined static ip to ethernet and it got connected to other network.[/quote]
So the drivers and the hardware are probably OK.

[quote]
I have not performed adsl-setup as suggested in post #13.
[/quote]
Might be worth a try.