Hi, all. I've seen questions about eth0 failing to start in this forum before, but the advice either did not work or I did not understand correctly. I am using Red Hat Linux 7. All seems to be working great . . . except for the fact that I can't seem to configure it right to get online. I am familiar with the process of using Linuxconf and/or Network Configurator. I've correctly entered my IP address and my netmask along with my DNS IP addresses. I assume my net device is eth0. I am 99% sure that the kernel module for my NIC is de4x5 (I've looked it up). Do I have to manually indictae an I/O port and IRQ setting? When I boot the computer, I always get the "eth0 failed" message: eth0: insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/net/de4x5.0: insmod eth0 failed Of course, Network Configurator shows that eth0 is inactive after I boot up -- but even when I activate it at that point, I still can't get online. Any suggestions? I am a novice LINUX user who wants to convert from Windows -- but I have just a few annoying hurdles like this to jump over. My NIC appears to be working (I can ping 127.0.0.1). Thanks in advance. wph

Check the URL below,I solved my problem,and replied in the URL below,maybe it can help you http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/forum/8010.html Neil

Thanks for the quick reply, Neil. I read your other response, but I still don't understand. Maybe I am just stoopid. I can't find anything called modules.conf in the etc directory. How do I go about finiding it and modifying it? I am a Linux beginner, so please excuse my stoopidity! I want to figure this out . . . Thanks again. wph

The file name maybe modules.conf or conf.modules,it has different names in different version,my rh is 7.2. Good Luck. Neil