Listing 1. Before configuring the network, check that
both Ethernet interfaces are up.

#> ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:CC:D0:99:EB:26
          inet6 addr: fe80::2b0:d0ff:fe99:eb26/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:86208855 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:63 frame:0
          TX packets:77098217 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3871506445 (3692.1 Mb)  TX bytes:266311184 (253.9 Mb)
          Interrupt:5 Base address:0xec00

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:CC:03:D8:3A:1A
          inet6 addr: fe80::201:3ff:fed8:3a1a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:77087614 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:85110321 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:264995582 (252.7 Mb)  TX bytes:3672580334 (3502.4 Mb)
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0xec80