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Re: eth0--what's up?



On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 08:09:52PM -0800, Fish Smith wrote:
> By this point I somewhat gathered as much.  So what
> does eth* refer to?  That's what I'm asking.  And what
> device represents eth* normally?  Is it just another
> ttyS*?  Or is it one of those other ones with wierd
> names?

There is no relevant device for eth0. It is not a device, it is an
interface, and you communicate to it via ifconfig (interface config).

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