On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Derek Doucette wrote:
> just bought a linksys network card and the drivers are on the disk, I was
> following the directions on how to install it (pretty much a newbie here)
> and when I try to check it by doing ifup eth0, I get an error saying
>
> usage: ifup <device name>
ifup is a command on Red Hat and its derivatives that will active an
existing network configuration (kept in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/). If
you have not created such a configuration, you will get that error.
Try "ifconfig eth0" instead, which will access the kernel Ethernet device
directly. "ifconfig eth0 192.168.123.231" will give it an IP address.
To create a configuration for Red Hat's network control scripts (e.g.,
ifup), use "netcfg".
> untarred the drivers
> compiled them
> insmod tulip.o and pci-scan.o
> depmod -a
> ifup eth0
tulip is actually built into the kernel, so you might not even have needed
to do this. (Or you might need to, if the LinkSys card is using a new or
non-standard flavor of the Tulip series.)
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