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BoB.gov
11-09-2001, 08:12 PM
greetings!

im running red hat v 7.1 and FINIALLY managed to get the PPPOE software from roaringpenguin.com working in the gui, but i cant seemto locate my network card. i know that there is a command one can use in the terminal to check and see if the network device is present and has been detected.

the model, incase it is of any consequence, is (dlink) DFE 530 TX and uses the via rhine as a mod. my kernel version is 2.4.2-2, but i dont know if that picticular module is included with it.

so my question is simply how do i configure and/or locate my network card?

thanks!
jlany
11-09-2001, 11:08 PM
Originally posted by BoB.gov:
<STRONG>greetings!

im running red hat v 7.1 and FINIALLY managed to get the PPPOE software from roaringpenguin.com working in the gui, but i cant seemto locate my network card. i know that there is a command one can use in the terminal to check and see if the network device is present and has been detected.

the model, incase it is of any consequence, is (dlink) DFE 530 TX and uses the via rhine as a mod. my kernel version is 2.4.2-2, but i dont know if that picticular module is included with it.

so my question is simply how do i configure and/or locate my network card?

thanks!</STRONG>

To configure it, you could use linuxconf or netcfg. To locate it type 'ifconfig' in a terminal as 'root' and you should see something like this:
[root@dad skipper]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA :D7:CF:29
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1499 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1581 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:1106021 (1.0 Mb) TX bytes:186563 (182.1 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:7132 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7132 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:698828 (682.4 Kb) TX bytes:698828 (682.4 Kb)
If you don't see anything for 'eth0' either the card is not configured or the module is not loaded. Hope this helps!


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