Re: eth2: unknown interface: No such device
"Fabio Antonini" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.drivers.atmel-wlan |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Oliver Kurth writes: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 02:14:28PM +0200, Fabio Antonini wrote: >> Hello all >> I'testing the at76c503 driver on a WUSB11 v.2.6 connected (via USB) on a >> PPC based board. The setup is the following: >> >> the file /etc/network/interfaces contain the following lines to set the >> wireless network interface: >> >> auto eth2 >> iface eth2 inet static > >> >> If I try to configure eth2 by hand with iwconfig >> I receive the following message >> eth2: no such device >> The eth2 interface is unknown. Probably I haven't set up correctly the eth2 >> and this is a "absolute beginner" question and this isn't the most right >> place where to ask for help about this item, but I hope that anyone could >> help me. Any suggest will be appreciated. >> Thank you for your attention. > > The device gets the name wlan%d, ie. the first one gets the name wlan0 - not > eth%d. > > Unless you used the 'netdev_name' module parameter. > > Greetings, > oliver > > -- > .''`. > : :' : Oliver Kurth [email protected] > `. `' Debian GNU/Linux maintainer - www.debian.org > `- The problem appears also with wlan0. I've changed everywhere eth2 with wlan0 but the problem is present yet. Can be a problem that my board has already two ethernet devices configured??? how many network adapter can the linux handle??? is a silly question?? greetings Fabio Fabio Antonini Kasko Networks S.r.l. Via Patini 46 67100 L'Aquila - Italy Ph/Fax +3986265562 e-mail: [email protected]