My eth0 isn't wireless, damit

[Janina Sajka]

I've soved my issue--at least well enough to get on line by hand. See my
response to Matthew Saltzman in the "Various networking issues" thread.

Thanks for your help.

Janina

Janina Sajka writes:
> Rob Andrews writes:
> > On 27-Jun-2006 13:56.27 (BST), Janina Sajka wrote:
> >  > > > So, what's with the wireless presumption?
> >  > > Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. Chances are the TYPE=
> >  > > parameter is set to "Wireless", change it to "Ethernet". I think the
> >  > > network scripts ignore the extraneous settings that pertain to wireless
> >  > > networks, but you can most likely remove fields like RATE=, MODE= and
> >  > > ESSID=.
> >  > But there weren't any of these wireless fields in that file, and adding
> >  > "TYPE=Ethernet" didn't help. Still gives me the SIOCGIF* type errors. I
> >  > should think that specifying the hwaddr would be definitive, but it seems it's
> >  > getting ignored--something I've also seen on my laptop at times.
> > 
> > Can you copy the contents of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> > and the full output of ifconfig -a (and iwconfig might be useful) into a reply
> > to this thread?
> > 
> Yes, first ifcfg-eth0 and then ifcfg-eth0:0 ...
> 
> # Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth0:0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> BROADCAST=192.168.XXX.255
> HWADDR=00:01:6C:2B:33:92
> IPADDR=192.168.XXX.XXX
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=192.168.XXX.0
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> 
> 
> # Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth0:0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> BROADCAST=66.XXX.XXX.XXX
> HWADDR=00:01:6C:2B:33:92
> IPADDR=66.XXX.XXX.XXX
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=66.XXX.XXX.0
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> 
> 
> And now some command output:
> 
> 
> root at fantasia 13:54 network-scripts#service network start
> Bringing up loopback interface:  SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> eth0:0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
>                                                            [  OK  ]
> Bringing up interface eth0:  SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device
> Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
>     SET failed on device eth0:0 ; No such device.
> SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> Failed to bring up eth0:0.
>                                                            [FAILED]
> root at fantasia 13:54 network-scripts#ifconfig -a
> eth0:0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> root at fantasia 13:54 network-scripts#iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> sit0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0:0    No such device
> 
> root at fantasia 13:55 network-scripts#service network stop
> Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
> root at fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#ifconfig eth0
> eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> root at fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#rmmod r8169
> root at fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#ifconfig eth0
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:6C:2B:33:92
>           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           Interrupt:169 Base address:0x8000
> 
> root at fantasia 13:57 network-scripts#
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Janina
> 
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