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Help with network card
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| Hey all,
I have redhat installed. Everything was running fine but suddenly the network card is not being detected now. I tried changing the network card but no result. I am sure the network card is fine. The error message i am getting is " Bringing up interface eth0: failed.
I am a newbie to this so please have mercy on me and expain the solution in simple language. | |
| sibley 2001-12-17, 1:42 pm |
| Was the NIC being recognised before? | |
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| sibley 2001-12-17, 2:03 pm |
| What kind of NIC is it? I know PCI and Linux don't always get along that great. Did you try moving it to a different slot just to make sure this isn't a hardware problem? | |
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| Yes its PCI and i have tried couple of network card on different slots also. | |
| sibley 2001-12-17, 2:29 pm |
| Tell me the details of the card and I will try to check the docs for you. Who is the manufacturer? | |
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| The Nic is of 3com the model # is 3c905b-tx
Thanks for the trouble  |
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