Re: eth0 not working

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

roberto (<robcatanuto@yahoo.it>) wrote:

> i am trying to connect my laptop via eth0 to internet by my campus
> LAN; i am not using a DHCP server. I am trying to configure eth0 via 
> the following command: 
>  
> ~#ifconfig eth0 my_ipaddress netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> 
> and i get the following error
>  
> ~#SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> eth0: Error while getting interface flags: No such device
> SCIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
> eth0: Error while getting interface flags: No such device
> 
> while network card has correctly worked during installation of
> operating system: Debian (2.6.11).

dmesg | grep eth

Make sure the modules are loaded, and check if maybe some other device
is recognized as eth0 (e.g. firewire using the eth1394 module).

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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