Re: NIC - ifconfig - urgent!

["Gavin Cato" <gavin optus net au>]

I imagine the kernel is not picking it up.

Did you compile support for the net card into the kernel?

If you did, can you see it as the kernel boots?

(dmesg | more )

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----- Original Message -----
From: Desperado <b hou student qut edu au>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 2:05 PM
Subject: NIC - ifconfig - urgent!


>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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