Well ... it probably means that "tlan" isn't the module for your NIC. Or it
might just mean that you haven't set up the interface. Remember my last
message? I said in it:
See if "ifconfig -a" reports information on an
eth0 interface. If it does, then use ifconfig
to set up the card.
Did you try this? If not, why not? This will tell you if the interface is
present or not, reliably.
A friend of mine used to say -- "It's not enough to RTFM. After you *read*
the manual, then you have to *do* what it says." The same thing applies to
asking questions on a help list.
At 02:35 PM 3/20/00 -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
>> ifconfig eth0 up
>
>This gives me the message- eth0: unknown interface. Whats happening? If I
>add 'alias eth0 tlan' in the /etc/modules.conf, what have I done? Also I
>realised that if I su in as root from a user account and try a 'modprobe
>eth0' from anyother directory other that /etc it gives me an error
>message! Whats going on? I still cannot find a reference to eth0 in the
>output of dmesg.
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
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Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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