Re: eth0 not working

[Andrew Schulman <andrex@alumni.utexas.net>]

>  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

Does the interface show up in ifconfig -a?  If not, then probably the 
corresponding kernel module isn't loaded, as Dave suggests.