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I have this issue with a server machine that is on my network. What is happening is that the NIC is not getting a address from the DHCP server in your modem and therefore is not up yet. If you was to do as root "ifconfig eth0 up" and "dhcpcd eth0" then you should see your interface up and running with the addresses you need to get the network up and running. Do the above without the quotes.

Tried it, it whent like this

linux:/home/andlun # ifconfig eth0 up linux:/home/andlun # dhcpcd eth0 linux:/home/andlun # dhcpcd-hook: Skipping 'ifdown $INTERFACE -o dhcp' call

and then it stopped i.e no new bash.

Try it with eth1 instead of eth0 unless you want to try and restart the network and see if the interfaces come up in the right order. If you want to try and restart the network, issue the following as root. rcnetwork --restart. Hopefully we will finally get it. -- Marshall "Nothing is impossible, we just do not have all the answers to make the impossible, possible."