Re: really dumb question

Kushal Kumaran wrote:
On 4/16/07, steef <steefvanduin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kushal Kumaran wrote:
> On 4/16/07, steef <steefvanduin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ralph Katz wrote:
>> > On 04/16/2007 02:50 AM, steef wrote:
>> >
>
< snip>

> If you ifdown the nvidia interface, only the other interface should be
> used. This is automatic and nothing else needs to be done, as long as
> you configure the RTL card also in /etc/network/interfaces.
>
> What do "ifconfig" and "route" print if you ifdown the nvidia interface?
>

<snip>

steef@debian-etch:~$ sudo ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
00-11-D8-00-00-B0-E9-2F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


I'm sure one of the things suggested so far will help. This is just a
question of my own here. What kind of interface is this? Doesn't
look like Ethernet.

<snipped rest>

hi kushal,

this the interface of firewire (XXXX1394). you are completely right it is not a normal ethernet interface


regards,

steef


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