"Cameron Kerr" <cameron.kerr@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
news:4005d3ba@news.orcon.net.nz...
> 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

The OP's results (NO FLAGS) just indicates that the interface is not "up"
which should be the first flag present on that line of the output. See man
ifconfig.

JW