[Sussex] ubuntu network problem

[Tom Hinkley]

ifconfig -a shows:

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:789 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:789 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:69401 (67.7 KiB)  TX bytes:69401 (67.7 KiB)

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

As you can see, ifconfig -a shows no eth0. ifconfig eth0 shows:
"eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found"

I spent some time googling this a week or so ago but to no avail.

/Tom

Ronan Chilvers wrote:

>Hi Tom
>
>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:53:04 +0000
>Tom Hinkley <tomhinkley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  
>
>>0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
>>[SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 02)
>>    
>>
>
>This card has Linux kernel drivers...
>
>  
>
>>sis900                 19456  0
>>mii                     5248  1 sis900
>>    
>>
>
>...and this shows its being modprobed.
>
>What does 
>
>ifconfig -a 
>
>show?  Is there an eth0?
>
>If there is you can just add in a stanza to /etc/network/interfaces -
>something like
>
>iface eth0 inet static
>        address 192.168.1.2
>        netmask 255.255.255.0
>        gateway 192.168.1.1
>
>if its a static ip or
>
>iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
>if your network has a dhcp.  Then do 
>
>ifconfig eth0 up
>
>and see what happens.
>
>HTH
>
>Cheers
>  
>
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