My eth0 isn't wireless, damit
Janina Sajka
janina at rednote.net
Tue Jun 27 21:59:16 UTC 2006
I've soved my issue--at least well enough to get on line by hand. See my
response to Matthew Saltzman in the "Various networking issues" thread.
Thanks for your help.
Janina
Janina Sajka writes:
> Rob Andrews writes:
> > On 27-Jun-2006 13:56.27 (BST), Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > > So, what's with the wireless presumption?
> > > > Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. Chances are the TYPE=
> > > > parameter is set to "Wireless", change it to "Ethernet". I think the
> > > > network scripts ignore the extraneous settings that pertain to wireless
> > > > networks, but you can most likely remove fields like RATE=, MODE= and
> > > > ESSID=.
> > > But there weren't any of these wireless fields in that file, and adding
> > > "TYPE=Ethernet" didn't help. Still gives me the SIOCGIF* type errors. I
> > > should think that specifying the hwaddr would be definitive, but it seems it's
> > > getting ignored--something I've also seen on my laptop at times.
> >
> > Can you copy the contents of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> > and the full output of ifconfig -a (and iwconfig might be useful) into a reply
> > to this thread?
> >
> Yes, first ifcfg-eth0 and then ifcfg-eth0:0 ...
>
> # Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth0:0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> BROADCAST=192.168.XXX.255
> HWADDR=00:01:6C:2B:33:92
> IPADDR=192.168.XXX.XXX
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=192.168.XXX.0
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
>
>
> # Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth0:0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> BROADCAST=66.XXX.XXX.XXX
> HWADDR=00:01:6C:2B:33:92
> IPADDR=66.XXX.XXX.XXX
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=66.XXX.XXX.0
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
>
>
> And now some command output:
>
>
> root at fantasia 13:54 network-scripts#service network start
> Bringing up loopback interface: SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> eth0:0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> [ OK ]
> Bringing up interface eth0: SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
> SET failed on device eth0:0 ; No such device.
> SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> Failed to bring up eth0:0.
> [FAILED]
> root at fantasia 13:54 network-scripts#ifconfig -a
> eth0:0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> root at fantasia 13:54 network-scripts#iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> sit0 no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0:0 No such device
>
> root at fantasia 13:55 network-scripts#service network stop
> Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
> root at fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#ifconfig eth0
> eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> root at fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#rmmod r8169
> root at fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#ifconfig eth0
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:6C:2B:33:92
> BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> Interrupt:169 Base address:0x8000
>
> root at fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Janina
>
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