hi. i have eth0 and eht1 on my computer.
ifconfig tells me there's only lo - loopback active.

how to detect the network cards? i remember it was a single command or a
setup (but not netconfig)
help, please.

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Messer

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 01:18:06 +0200, Messer wrote:

> hi. i have eth0 and eht1 on my computer.
> ifconfig tells me there's only lo - loopback active.
>
> how to detect the network cards? i remember it was a single command or a
> setup (but not netconfig)

lspci

the old command was
append "ether=eth0,0,0 ether=eth1,0,0 ether=eth2,0,0"
you could replace the zero's with the io port address, zero says to probe.

check /proc/pci for pci ethernet cards, isapnp for much older isa,
and the old open case standby for very old.
I have no idea where usb network dongles would hide........
Robert


On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 20:26:03 -0400, Alan Hicks wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 01:18:06 +0200, Messer wrote:
>
>> how to detect the network cards? i remember it was a single command or a
>> setup (but not netconfig)
>
> Firs thing you need to do is figure out what kind of network cards they
> are. If you don't already know this, get a flashlight and read the numbers
> and model off of the cards. Now with this information in hand, visit good
> old google and search around for the proper linux module to laod to add
> support for your card. Uncomment that module in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and
> then modprobe it. You should be good to go now.