On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 04:47:26PM -0500, A B wrote: > Yes it did come up in 'ifconfig' with running that command 'ifconfig > <ifname> up'. But I'm still not seeing any packets forwarded to that > interface. Rx/Tx counters are not incrementing. How can i troubleshoot > this problem?. > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 11:36 PM, Kumar amit mehta <gmate.a...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 09:34:55PM -0500, A B wrote: > >> I'm facing an issue where > >> ifconfig command output doesn't display the interface that is created > >> using alloc_netdev and registered using register_netdev. > >> > >> If i do 'ifconfig -a', i'm seeing the interface which i created. > >> > >> Under what circumstances does the interface is not shown in ifconfig > >> output but in 'ifconfig -a' output. > >> > >> Also, i'm not seeing any packets forwarded to the created interface. > >> i.e None of the Rx Packets and Tx Packets counters are getting > >> incremented, > >> > > Maybe your interface is down. Try bringing it up by invoking: > > ifconfig <your interface> up > >> Can any one please let me know your suggestions / any documentation > >> related to this problem area. > >> > > There can be multiple reason for this!!!, However the obvious things to look first would be: i) Proper IP addresses ii) Source and destination MAC iii) Routing table iv) Physical connection
BTW, no top posting please. -Amit _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
