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Old 01-15-2004
Cameron Kerr
 
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Default Re: help, could not bring up a network interface

Cyrille <cyrilleml@kbuilder.net> wrote:
> hello all,
>
> I've got a problem to bring up a network interface.
>
> ifconfig usbf
> say :
> usbf Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B8:77:13:5E:80:12
> inet addr:10.0.0.12 Mask:255.255.255.0
> [NO FLAGS] MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


Hmmm, the NO FLAGS bit is somewhat worrysome. What kind of NIC do you
have?

What driver are you using?

What kernel version are you using (uname -r)?

> but ifconfig usbf up
> say :
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device


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