Author: Simon Capstick Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Debian Update?
Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: > Well, yes! The proof of the networking pudding is that it's working
> normally. ifconfig tells me that all is well, so it's pretty clear that
> it's the applet that's got it wrong. But why?
>
Try issuing: ifconfig -a
There might be a hidden extra interface you didn't know about. I've
seen firewire adapters appear as interfaces before, although the 'Link
encapsulation' was not Ethernet (the give-away).