[SOLVED] Internet works, but where is eth0?

dehydratedpaani · 03-09-2012, 11:10 PM

I am new to linux. Using CentOS 6.2. From what I understand, redhat should have a eth0 for my network card. Is my understanding wrong?

I want to understand why is my connection working and yet no eth0 config file created?

Code:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# pwd
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ll | grep eth
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root  5569 Oct  7 19:31 ifdown-eth
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 10456 Oct  7 19:31 ifup-eth
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ping www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (173.194.36.48) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from bom04s02-in-f16.1e100.net (173.194.36.48): icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=39.1 ms
64 bytes from bom04s02-in-f16.1e100.net (173.194.36.48): icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=36.5 ms
64 bytes from bom04s02-in-f16.1e100.net (173.194.36.48): icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=40.2 ms
64 bytes from bom04s02-in-f16.1e100.net (173.194.36.48): icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=39.2 ms
^C
--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3640ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 36.553/38.821/40.263/1.396 ms
[root@localhost network-scripts]#

Thanks!

EricTRA · 03-10-2012, 12:43 AM

Hello and welcome to LinuxQuestions,

Names are just what they are, names. They can be changed to anything although there are standards that are generally (almost) followed except by the few. What's the output of

Code:

ip addr sh

as root (or in combination with sudo if you don't run it as root).

Looking forward to your participation in the forums. Have fun with Linux.

Kind regards,

Eric

dehydratedpaani · 03-10-2012, 01:28 AM

Hi Eric,

Thanks for a quick reply! I figured it out and you were right. CentOS by default named it "auto eth0" whose config I couldnt find. I renamed it to eth0, restarted network service, and voila had the ifcfg-eth0 generated.

I still dont understand how my connection worked, and yet i couldnt see its related dev config file.

Thanks again!

EricTRA · 03-10-2012, 01:33 AM

Hi,

I'm not sure about your setup but I guess you're using NetworkManager so that might be a reason for the differences. If you consider your problem solved then please mark this thread as such. Have fun with Linux.

Kind regards,

Eric