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I created a RedHat VM (6.5) on an Ubuntu (14.04) server. I changed the IP address to something unique in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. I changed the MAC address for eth0 /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. I've never been able to give this new RedHat VM an IP address. eth0 never comes up. I get an error about eth0 does not seem to be present. What should I do to give this VM an IP address?

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  • Does dmesg say anything about your network card? Does "ifconfig -a" show anything?
    – Ryan Babchishin
    Oct 13, 2015 at 4:49
  • ifconfig -a looks good. dmesg has very few and only insignificant occurrences of the word "network." dmesg has no references to "card."
    – Catbird55
    Oct 13, 2015 at 16:24
  • I meant something more like "dmesg | grep eth"
    – Ryan Babchishin
    Oct 13, 2015 at 16:40
  • Can you please provide the contents of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0? Can you try /sbin/service network restart and also try ifup eth0 and ifdown eth0?
    – Ryan Babchishin
    Oct 13, 2015 at 16:45
  • DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static ONBOOT=yes IPADDR=x.x.x.x NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=x.x.x.1 MACADDR=34:ab:cd:ef:99:aa I tried those network restart and ifdown and ifup commands. No luck.
    – Catbird55
    Oct 13, 2015 at 19:45

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In your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, it must be

BOOTPROTO=none

instead of 

BOOTPROTO=static

as, in RHEL 6, this option is not supported anymore.

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