What utility is supposed to automatically configure ifconfig devices that are present with driver accounted for? The reason I ask is the following:<br><br>root@localhost ~]# ifconfig -a<br>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 50:E5:49:2E:5E:FC <br>
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<br> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 <br>
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)<br> Interrupt:16 <br><br>lo Link encap:Local Loopback <br> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0<br> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host<br> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1<br>
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 <br> RX bytes:720 (720.0 b) TX bytes:720 (720.0 b)<br>
<br>[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig<br>lo Link encap:Local Loopback <br> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0<br> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host<br> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1<br>
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 <br> RX bytes:720 (720.0 b) TX bytes:720 (720.0 b)<br>
<br>[root@localhost ~]# ifup eth0<br>/sbin/ifup: configuration for eth0 not found.<br>Usage: ifup <device name><br>[root@localhost ~]# <br><br>