[CentOS] network config files in centos 5 changing

[Jerry Geis]

>i believe i had mentioned this already on this list:

>have had same problems with my asus m2npv-vm board  (onboard forcedepth 
>nic) the first days with the board under fedora 6 - would say no big 
>diff's to centos-

>the fedora way goes:

>1. move or delete /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
>2. move or delete /etc/modprobe.conf
>3. run kudzu afterwards => this writes new hwconf, modprobe.conf
>4. bring your nic's down: ifdown ethx
>5. remove the driver via modprobe -rv <your-nic-driver> (forcedepth)
>5a. maybe to be sure: lsmod|grep -i <your-nic-driver>
>6. reload the driver via modprobe -sv ...
>7. fix your mac-addr-settings via system-config-network
>8. compare your mac's in hwconf _and_ via ifconfig

>steps 4-6 are also performed via reboot (grrrrrrrrrr: m$ world tasks), 
>but your are able to exclude if this files were changed again after step 
>3. (ls -l /etc/sysconfig/hwconf => date/time !)
>a hint of another problem !

>if there are still diff's, then it's another problem i don't know a 
>solution for, yet, but i remember ethx order changes and therefore mac 
>mismatches at late fedora 5/early fedora 6 kernels.

>try and report !
>okay ?

>-- 
>      ronald


Ronald,

Thanks for the above. However, sadly it did not work.
Also I see no way in the system-config-network to set a MAC address.
I was in the character mode here not X.

This is SOOO bizzar. Again, when I started I had 2 Asus M2N-MX boards.
One was giving the invalid MAC address and one seemed OK.
Both had the forcedeth driver loaded for onboard network.

I bought 2 gigabyte motherboards (DIFFERENT BIOS) and I have the same 
issue. One board is working and the other is giving the invalid MAC address.
Both gigabytes have the forcedeth driver.

I tried loading centos 4 but it does not even recognize the forcedeth device at all.
even manually loading.

I'm at a loss. I have a script file that runs and sets things up the way I want after 
boot up. Not pretty - but I guess it works.

Jerry