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ok this is the working eth1 config and then I paste the non working eth0 config

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myvox:~ # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.8.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth1
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         192.168.8.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth1
myvox:~ # ifconfig
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:40:F4:09:9F:12
          inet addr:192.168.8.102  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::240:f4ff:fe09:9f12/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1780 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1947 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:599933 (585.8 Kb)  TX bytes:210503 (205.5 Kb)

myvox:~ # ifdown eth1
    eth1
    eth1      configuration: eth-id-00:40:f4:09:9f:12
myvox:~ # ifup eth0
    eth0      device: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
    eth0      configuration: eth-id-00:0c:76:50:d9:f0
myvox:~ # ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:76:50:D9:F0
          inet addr:192.168.8.133  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:76ff:fe50:d9f0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:111 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:246 (246.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:193 Base address:0x2000

myvox:~ # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.8.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         192.168.8.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
myvox:~ #                                                                       
myvox:~ # ping 192.168.8.1
PING 192.168.8.1 (192.168.8.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 192.168.8.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1009ms

myvox:~ # ifconfig eth0 192.168.8.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
myvox:~ # ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:76:50:D9:F0
          inet addr:192.168.8.2  Bcast:192.168.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:76ff:fe50:d9f0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:111 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:246 (246.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:193 Base address:0x2000

myvox:~ # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.8.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
myvox:~ # ping 192.168.8.1
PING 192.168.8.1 (192.168.8.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 192.168.8.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 999ms

myvox:~ #

so the default route did not come up