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[timelord]

Sometimes i will have to reboot my computer 3 or 4 times before it will let go on the internet. When it boots up and checks the system it fail when it checks the ip eth0. any ideas? the mouse trick worked thanks

[VictorienSardou]

are you using a router, cable modem or a adsl modem?

[timelord]

I have a ethernet ? cable modem built into my motherboard.I have a Geforce motherboard with a amd xp64 and 1 gig of ram

[Jman]

So you have an external cable modem you have connected to your machine with ethernet? Do you have a broadband router you connect to or just to the modem?

[ccrvic]

Originally Posted by timelord

Sometimes i will have to reboot my computer 3 or 4 times before it will let go on the internet.

So don't reboot it. You're in Unix-land now; it's rare to need a reboot unless you're changing kernels.

If you want to restart the network stack, use

service network restart

Originally Posted by timelord

When it boots up and checks the system it fail when it checks the ip eth0. any ideas?

It's not exactly clear how your system is set up; I'm assuming you've got an ethernet link to an external cable modem which serves up DHCP.

The first thing to check is the cable. RJ45 plugs seem to be manufactured with a wide range of tolerances, and some are a poor fit. Additionally, some cheap cables are very badly built, and you get intermittent connection. Faulty cables are by far and away the biggest cause of network problems.

Make sure you've got a light on your ethernet port. If you haven't - it's almost certainly the cable.

Finally - what *exactly* does the error message say?

Vic.

[timelord]

I do have an external modem that i got through charter cable and it does have flashing linght on he front for power,receive,send,online, and activity plus it has two lights on the back that light up when i plug it in. The message i get when it is checking the system as it is booting up fedora ..... when it gets to the point of checking the networok it will do nothing until it shows the details and i get a message that reads : determining IP address information for etho (failed). then i try to go online and it says can not find server but the icon up by the clock says that i am connected to the net. I hope this makes sense to you.