Re: NIC - ifconfig - urgent!

[Nathan Buggia <nbuggia wheatonma edu>]

Do you have the proper drivers for this ethernet card installed?

nate

Desperado wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to configure my network card with this command..
>
> ifconfig -i eth0 131.181.1.8 -broadcast 131.181.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
> metric 1 -trailers
>
> and this is what I've got...
>
> SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
> eth0: unknown interface
> eth0: unknown interface
> SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
> eth0: unknown interface
> SIOCSIFNETMAS: Operation not supported by device
> SIOCIFMETRIC: Operation not supported by device
> eth0: unknown interface
>
> Mine is a D-Link DE-220E Series adapter and it's working perfectly in
> Windows.
>
> Can someone kindly enlighten me as how to go about resolving this silly
> problem.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
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