*- On 18 Mar, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote about "Re: How to create
/dev/eth*?"
> Benoit Joly wrote:
>> you dont need to create the device.
>>
>> the device will be there if your kernel support the ethernet card, which is
>> probably not what you did.
>>
>> so compile your kernel to support the ethernet card and everything should be
>> fine.
>
> Thanks. I will try it out later today when I go home.
>
> S.
To clarify a little, there will never be a /dev/eth0 device. Once you
have complied your kernel to support your network card you just
initilize it with route and ifconfig. For my little home network this
is what I am using. You might also need to specify a gateway depending
on how the network is setup.
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 up
route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
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