[E3-hacking] Newbie networking problems

[David Given]

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Andy Collins wrote:
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> So that's as far as I've got. I can't see /dev/eth0, which I would 
> expect. ifconfig just shows my loopback device (should it show more?)

On Linux ethernet devices don't get device nodes, so you won't see any network
devices in /dev. Also, ifconfig will only show you configured ethernet devices
(unless you ask it to show you them all); since your new USB device isn't
configured, it's not showing up on the list.

What you need to do is:

ifconfig -a

...which will tell you the name of the network device, and then:

ifconfig [name] up [ipaddress] netmask [netmask] gw [gateway]

...to configure it. From there it ought to work, though you may need to tweak
the routing table (use the 'route' command) and the DNS setup
(/etc/resolv.conf) first.

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