[1869] in linux-net channel archive
Re: NE2000 card not recognised
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Gortmaker)
Tue Feb 6 20:30:05 1996
From: Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>
To: jeff@kcrg.com (Jeff Fisher)
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:30:43 +1100 (EST)
Cc: zxmmz01@student.uni-tuebingen.de, sukhi@medlar0.nic.in,
linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960206074645.3682B-100000@picayune.crgazette.com> from "Jeff Fisher" at Feb 6, 96 07:52:59 am
> > On Mon, 5 Feb 1996 sukhi@medlar0.nic.in wrote:
> >
> > > I have recently installed linux.
> > > I am facing problem with ne2000 card.
> > > It is not being recognised by the system.
> > > ifconfig shows eth0 being installed at
> > > address 00:00:00:00 i.e it is not being recognised.
You guys are missing the point here. He says ifconfig shows all
zeros as a hardware address for eth0. If his card wasn't detected,
then ifconfig wouldn't even *show* an eth0 entry.
The usual reason for seeing all zeros as a hardware address is
from running a new ifconfig on an old kernel (which I might add
is mentioned in the FAQ section of the E'net-HowTo).
Using "dmesg" and "cat /proc/net/dev" are a lot more useful for
reporting information than the output of "ifconfig".
Paul.
