Rob Andrews writes:
> On 27-Jun-2006 13:56.27 (BST), Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > So, what's with the wireless presumption?
> > > Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. Chances are the TYPE=
> > > parameter is set to "Wireless", change it to "Ethernet". I think the
> > > network scripts ignore the extraneous settings that pertain to wireless
> > > networks, but you can most likely remove fields like RATE=, MODE= and
> > > ESSID=.
> > But there weren't any of these wireless fields in that file, and adding
> > "TYPE=Ethernet" didn't help. Still gives me the SIOCGIF* type errors. I
> > should think that specifying the hwaddr would be definitive, but it seems it's
> > getting ignored--something I've also seen on my laptop at times.
>
> Can you copy the contents of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> and the full output of ifconfig -a (and iwconfig might be useful) into a reply
> to this thread?
>
Yes, first ifcfg-eth0 and then ifcfg-eth0:0 ...
# Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0:0
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=192.168.XXX.255
HWADDR=00:01:6C:2B:33:92
IPADDR=192.168.XXX.XXX
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.XXX.0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
# Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0:0
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=66.XXX.XXX.XXX
HWADDR=00:01:6C:2B:33:92
IPADDR=66.XXX.XXX.XXX
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=66.XXX.XXX.0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
And now some command output:
root@fantasia 13:54 network-scripts#service network start
Bringing up loopback interface: SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
eth0:0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
[ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0: SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device eth0:0 ; No such device.
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
Failed to bring up eth0:0.
[FAILED]
root@fantasia 13:54 network-scripts#ifconfig -a
eth0:0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
root@fantasia 13:54 network-scripts#iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
eth0:0 No such device
root@fantasia 13:55 network-scripts#service network stop
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
root@fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#ifconfig eth0
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
root@fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#rmmod r8169
root@fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:6C:2B:33:92
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:169 Base address:0x8000
root@fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#
Thanks for your help.
Janina
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