enabling other NICs

Amanewbie · 09-08-2009, 12:16 PM

Hi,

I am using Linux. I have three NICs. One is enabled with IP address. Any tips on how I can enable the other Nic? Thanks.

EricTRA · 09-08-2009, 12:26 PM

Hello and Welcome to LQ,

Could you please post what distro you are using? Check at console level with the command

Code:

dmesg

if the other NICs are listed so you know if they are detected.

Kind regards,

Eric

jstephens84 · 09-08-2009, 02:00 PM

you can also from the terminal try

Code:

ifconfig ethX up 
ifconfig

change X to a number. Most of the times it will default to 0 so I would start with 1. this will attempt to bring up ethX and then it will output any information about all NICs'

if it came up you can try

Code:

dhcpcd ethX

or

Code:

dhclient ethX

this should have the NIC request a dhcp address.