[NTLUG:Discuss] Aberrations when connecting to Internet with Knoppix V5.0.1

[David Stanaway]

Russ wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need opinions and advice on something I noticed just a day or so ago.
> 
> I've been Googling for indications that others may have seen this, but
> have found nothing.
> 
> I know very little about the Ethernet and networking in general and I
> noticed something strange when I booted with a new copy of Knoppix
> V5.0.1.
> 
> When I booted everything looked normal until it got to the process of
> connecting to the Internet.  At that point I got:
> 
> Service eth0 detected, DHCP Broadcasting for IP (Backgrounding)
> Service eth1 detected, DHCP Broadcasting for IP (Backgrounding)
> 
> Previously, when booting with version 4.02.0 I had seen only  the
> first line involving "eth0".
> 
> So I booted the same PC with Knoppix V4.02.0, Knoppix V3.7, and Ubuntu
> Live V5.1.  In these cases, I saw only
> 
> Service eth0 detected, DHCP Broadcasting for IP (Backgrounding).
> 
> So I took the experiment one step further and booting Knoppix V5.0.1
> and Knoppix V4.02.0 on a neighbor's PC.  The neighbor is hooked to the
> Internet via Comcast and has a router in line.  In both cases, on the
> message involving eth0 was displayed.
> 
> I returned home, booted with Knoppix V5.0.1 and saw that my wife's PC
> still displays "eth0" and "eth1" when booting.  Her PC has only one
> NIC which is connected to a Comcast modem via a router as is my
> neighbor's PC.
> 
> Is this "eth1" message something I should check out?  How best would I do that?
> 
> I should point out that I'm using Knoppix on my wife's PC because my
> Linux PC (running Ubuntu) is completely unresponsive since I returned
> from a six week vacation.  Not even a beep or a light.  I'm in the
> process of investigating the problem.  It's been suggested that my HD
> may have locked and I may have to give a bit of a knock.
> 


Does the computer showing two ethernet interfaces have a firewire port?
This could be ethernet over firewire.


Try looking at

dmesg | less

or

lsmod | grep ^mii