detecting eth0 with fedora core 2

detecting eth0 with fedora core 2

[Karthik Vishwanath]

Hello,

We got a new machine at work with an intel P4@2.8GHz from Dell [model:  
Optiplex GX280] with an Intel broadcom(r) NIC. I installed fedora core 2
by replacing the windows partition, which installed painlessly. 

However, I am unable to "see" eth0 via a /sbin/ifconfig eth0 (I get a
mesasage saying eth0 not found). I could'nt find any info in
/var/log/messages indicating whether the device was detected or not. How
can I try to detect this device and obtain its MAC-address?


Thanks,

-K

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Re: detecting eth0 with fedora core 2

[Jim Nelson]

Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We got a new machine at work with an intel P4@2.8GHz from Dell [model:  
> Optiplex GX280] with an Intel broadcom(r) NIC. I installed fedora core 2
> by replacing the windows partition, which installed painlessly. 
> 
> However, I am unable to "see" eth0 via a /sbin/ifconfig eth0 (I get a
> mesasage saying eth0 not found). I could'nt find any info in
> /var/log/messages indicating whether the device was detected or not. How
> can I try to detect this device and obtain its MAC-address?
> 
> 
> 

First off, let's see what you have.  Could you please post the output of dmesg and 
lspci?

Have you installed X?  If so, you can use system-config-network to set it up - 
provided that the NIC is supported.  If not, NDISwrapper is called for.

Jim
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