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Old 02-02-2005   #1 (permalink)
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Ethernet
I have a linksys 100/10 ethernet adapter that uses the tulip.c driver that i know is compatible with slackware because i read it in the compatible hardware section thingy. so my question is relatively simple. how do you configure the network card? because it doesnt work automatically.
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what does
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ifconfig -a
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from ifconfig -a this is what i get

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr:00:20:70:B0:87:76
Broadcast Multicast MTU:1500 Metric:1
Rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frames:0
Tx packets:0 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carriers:2
Collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
rx bytes:0 (0.0b) tx bytes:1180 (1.1Kb)
Interrupt:12 Base address:0xd800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:15436 Metric:1
Rx packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frames:0
Tx packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carriers:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
Rx bytes:872 (872.0b) tx bytes:872 (872.0b)
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okay then:
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ifconfig eth0 up
dhclient eth0
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i put in ifconfig eth0 up and it goes to the next line then i put in dhclient eth0 and it says eth0 not found
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The first thing is good. the second one, could you post the exact error message?
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that is the exact error message, it just says stuff about the company before
then it says

eth0: not found
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i have a router... does that make a difference?
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I'm assuming that you have some sort of dhcp server on it?
try running your dhclient without arguments:
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yes dhcp client is running on the router when i run dhclient without and arguements i get

no broadcast interfaces found - exiting
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