[techtalk] installing nic for 1st time

[Jeff Dike]

> My problem is that I'm looking for "eth0" under /dev but it's not
> there.  I compared with work and it isn't under /dev/ either so I'm
> assuming it shouldn't be there.  So how do I configure a nic?

Network interfaces don't get /dev entries.

>  And can
> someone explain where linux is getting 'eth0' from if it isn't under /
> dev/?

The names are made up by the driver (or the networking code above it).

				Jeff