linux - Virtual RedHat Can't Connect to the Internet

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2014-07
  • Can Sürmeli

    I've installed RedHat 9(linux v2.4.20) with Vmware Fusion. The installation was successful although I can't seem to be able to connect to the internet under RedHat even though my Mac is able to connect.

    The network adapter of Vmware is connected and it's set to Bridged(Autodetect). Also RedHat is using DHCP.

    When I go to System Settings > Network in Redhat, I see that eth0 is inactive. Therefore I select it and press the activate button and the following error message comes up.

    Determining IP information for eth0... failed; no link present. Check cable?

    What's wrong with my setup? I remember my TA telling me to select eth when installing RedHat so that it would be able to connect to the internet which I did. I asked my TA about the problem and he couldn't figure it out on the spot so anyone else with some more experience?

    P.S. I'm using RedHat 9 with such an outdated Linux kernel because this is what is required for my operating systems course.

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  • Can Sürmeli

    I finally solved the issue via the article from Vmware's Knowledge Base!


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  • Chankey Pathak

    I just installed red hat enterprise 5 in my laptop and on desktop both. In desktop it is working fine but in laptop it is not showing the eth device. (I tried ifconfig only lo is there). I tried ifup eth0 still nothing happened. The network service in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and in /etc/sysconfig/network are enable. I had ubuntu in my laptop before and I faced same problem with that too. Is there any problem with my laptop? I have my system on dual boot and in win7 networking is running fine. I am not able to connect to the internet only, other devices are working fine.

    System conf: Sony vaio E series. 3 GB RAM, intel core i3 2.13 GHZ.


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  • Ash Palmer

    You can find the type of network card you have using the following command.

    sudo /sbin/lspci

    Google the network card to find the correct kernel module required.