Joe Zien wrote:
I am using suse 10.0 and if I use the command:
# ifconfig
I get a listing of "eth0" which shows the MAC address of my ethernet NIC. What script is used by suse 10 at boot to get this?
Except for extreme things like Sun SPARC machines, the MAC address of a network card is stored on the card itself. It is possible to set it at runtime with tools such as ifconfig, but this is rarely necessary. ifconfig is a binary, not a script. It reads information directly from the hardware and presents it to you
I installed suse 10 on a friends computer and the cable modem was recognized and on his other distribution, it was not. I won't be able to use a cable modem on his other distribution unless the MAC address is shown with ifconfig. Any help would be appreciated.
If suse 10.0 works, why not use it? I have no idea why he can't see the MAC address in this other version of ifconfig. Can he see any information at all about the card? If not, then the card simply wasn't detected properly. Perhaps this other distribution ships an older driver that doesn't support it?!