debian ifconfig does not show eth0. eth0 not showing

[lugoteehalt]

Sorry if obscenely crass but know nothing at all about networking.

Few questions:
debian:/home/lugo# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.

Is this an error or is it allright.

debian:/home/lugo# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

Thanks any help.
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
No mention of eth0, should there be? There is if I do ifconfig eth0 up.

[jasonlambert]

look at what i posted here:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/vie...?p=60805#60805

after putting your values in the config files, i believe you should use "ifup eth0"

Jason

[lugoteehalt]

Thanks.

I needed an eth0 'stanza' (sic) in the /etc/network/interfaces file - am using Debian.