[nzlug] eth0 down after reboot

[James Paterson]

I have got broad band working but have struck
a problem.

Eth0 was down after a reboot and the desktop
icon was insisting it was not configured.
After many attempts to get it going I took
the card out intending to replace it - but
found all my cards unsuitable so put it back
in the meantime.  When I booted it was up.
But stubbornly down again after a reboot.
Removal and reinstallation of LAN with
drak does not seem to help.
Today I replaced the card with one from DSE.
This worked on first boot up but is also
down after a reboot (according to the panel
icon) and I am not able to
get it up again?  I am running Mandriva 2006
Xmas edition.
The following command does not cause a complaint
but the icon still insists eth0 is down and I cannot
browse to the modem router. 192.168.1.1.
Dynalink ADSL2+ Wireless Modem Router.
(Not using wireless currently)

[root at localhost Desktop]# ifconfig eth0 up

[root at localhost Desktop]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:4C:02:49:DD
          inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4cff:fe02:49dd/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2106 (2.0 KiB)  TX bytes:1404 (1.3 KiB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x2000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:20575 (20.0 KiB)  TX bytes:20575 (20.0 KiB)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:218.101.65.227  P-t-P:218.101.58.1  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:545 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:601 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:378186 (369.3 KiB)  TX bytes:106588 (104.0 KiB)

The frustrating part is trying to search for a solution
with dialup.  Its so slow.


Any help would be appreciated

best James Paterson