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On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Donn Washburn wrote: <WWW>Hey Groups: <WWW> <WWW>I have a complete lack of understanding what is <WWW>wrong with my "eth0" network on 2 machines. [snip-and-tuck] <WWW>Problem is if I do a "ifconfig /dev/eth0 <WWW>192.168.##.##" I get a error "SIOCSIFADDR: No such [snip some here too] This is a normal mistake with novice admins, /dev/eth0 is just a conocial path -- which is not needed with ethXX devices, also the SIOCSIFADDR is saying that the ethernet device is not registered -- it may be possible ifconfig does not parse properly with "/dev/" who knows.. I don't care to look at the source right now.. Try this command: bash# ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up if you still get that error, try setting the card to different settings or use the isapnp tools (if isa) or pcitools -- just released last month. btw: I am new to the group and I am looking forward to the fun times that are ahead. +-------- | Jon Torrez | Systems Administrator - WWWebServers, Inc. | <A HREF="http://www.wwwebservers.com"><A HREF="http://www.wwwebservers.com</A">http://www.wwwebservers.com / jon@wwwebservers.com +---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e