On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 04:25:34AM -0700, Prem Vilas Fortran M. Rara wrote:
> I am setting up my Internet connection via LAN.
> I cannot put up my lan card.
> *ifconfig eth0 up* has an error written like this:
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Function not implemented.
> I checked the /var/log/messages
> I cannot understand this part:
> 
> Executing /etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up
> 
> dhclient: sit0: unknown hardware addresstype 776
> 
> client: Determining IP information for
> eth0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: Function not implemented
> 
> client: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Function not implemented
> 
> I have a LAN card packaged with my mobo. The driver is
> ok: via-rhine.
> 

Update your ifplug, and possibly your dhcp-client ;-)

In my case, I recently tried doing ifup eth0 under linux-2.6.6, and it
spewed up the same stderr. Doing the above fixed it nicely (apt-get
install ifupdown dhcp-client from ppp0 ;-)

HTH,
Zakame
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