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how to bring up a plug-and-play Ethernet card in Linux?



The command "ifconfig" with no arguments lists on interfaces which are in
the "up" state.  In most cases, this means interfaces for which you have
configured an IP address.  Try "ifconfig eth0" and see if you get sensible
results, specifically a MAC address.

Network devices never show up in /dev.  They're not supposed to.

You should be able to use "modprobe" rather than "insmod" to load modules
and resolve dependencies automatically.  If you can't do this, then there
is problem with the "depmod" facility.

-- Mike


On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Seth Gordon wrote:

> When I load ne.o, I get a message on the screen, acknowledging that
> the kernel recognizes the Ethernet card there.  However, if I type
> ifconfig, I still only see the lo (loopback) device, and no Ethernet.
> Likewise, there's no eth0 file under /dev.
> 
> What command have I left out that is preventing things from running?


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