> Jerry, > > I believe that by default the network is down and the "BOOTPROTO=dhcp" is > not in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethx. I encountered a > similar issue on a KVM guest with minimal install > Earl Was there something else missing also? I not added the BOOTPROTO="DHCP" and same issue happening. dmesg shows link up, service network restart shows OK and ifconfig shows no address. jerry