david wrote: <snip tale 'o' woe>
Runlevel is N 3 Network Status reveals three configured devices, and active are "lo eth0"
ifcfg-eth0 is as you describe
Performing "service network start" and "chkconfig network on" and a reboot did not solve the problem. eth0 had an ipv6 address, but no inet addr, which means it's not going to work in my home network.
I then added to the file /etc/sysctl.conf the line: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 and rebooted.
Still no IP address, and when I issued "service network restart" I get: failed: no link present. Check cable?
Try, as root, ethtool eth0.
HOWEVER, pulling the ethernet cable and re-inserting it, then issuing "service network restart" got a valid address. After a reboot, again it didn't work. However, after waiting a while, I tried "network start", got some messages about a file existing, and got an IP address.
*That* sounds like you've got a cable/jack problem. Nearly trip over the cable recently?
mark