Having problem with ifconfig

[Sushil Singh_1]

Hi all,
Having problem with ifconfig. I get the following error

# ifconfig lan0
ifconfig: no such interface
#

But when I do a lanscan, I can see the lan0 which is up and running.

# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/0/0/0 0x00306E087E0A 0 UP lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119
0/3/0/0 0x00306E05AC0B 1 UP lan1 snap1 2 ETHER Yes 119
0/6/0/0 0x00306E05DC92 2 UP lan2 snap2 3 ETHER Yes 119

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hi Sushil,

What does
lanadmin 0
return?
Also does SAM show the NIC?
What's status does SAM show?
Also please post system type & OS in use.
Possible it's a PHNE patch situation.

Rgds,
Jeff

[S.K. Chan]

The error "No such interface" simply means no IP configuration was found on lan0. Did you assign any IP address to lan0 ? What happen if you run ifconfig on the rest of the lan interface (lan1 & lan2) ?

The lanscan can show you that it's up but if no IP config is found then ifconfig command will not know anything about the card.

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

In addition, try plumbing the interface before configuring it to be on the sure side:

# ifconfig lan0 plumb
# ifconfig lan0 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.0.0.0

Replace the IP address 1.2.3.4 and netmask 255.0.0.0 accordingly to your specifics.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[S.K. Chan]

One final thing you should check too ..
# cd /dev
# ll lan*
===> does the file "lan" exist ? If not do this ..

# ln -s /dev/dlpi /dev/lan

And now try the ifconfig command again ..

[Sukant Naik]

Hi Sushil,

This indicated no IP Address has been configure on the LAN card.

Use SAM and then configure the IP address for this card.

-Sukant