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Jirka

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From: Czech Rep.

Registered: 2007-03-13

Posts: 21

up: error fetching interface information: Device not found

Hi,

I have cable connection from UPC, from which I have modem MOTOROLA SB5100E-CN and in the Windows I get connection from DHCP.

In linux I connect with laptop, which have in documentation written:
Networking
Built-in 10/100BaseT Ethernet (Intel chipset)
System Management: Wake-On-LAN and Remote
Service Boot
RJ-45 (on Network I/O Adapter)

The support of this modem sholud be from Kernel 2.2.12 -20.

If I try to ping some server, I get:
connect: Network is unreachable

If I try ifconfig eth0 up, I get:
up: error fetching interface information: Device not found

In /etc/rc.conf is:
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)

But after the whole night of setting up connection I have finnished just here . Do I have all modules loaded? Why is device not founf? Could someone help me please, but could you be please more detailed like for "stupid newbie"?

Thank you

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mezcal

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2006-01-31

Posts: 67

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Re: up: error fetching interface information: Device not found

Maybe U need change MAC address  of your network card. 
ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:01 .
Where the 00:00:00:00:00:01 is the MAC of your desktop with windows.