hammer@lappy:~$ sudo  ifconfig eth2
eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:3D:B4:00:00:00
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:10 Memory:dfa6c000-dfa6e000

hammer@lappy:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/
O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor
 to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor
 to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Grap
hics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics De
vice (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) U
SB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) U
SB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) U                                                              SB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Co                                                              ntroller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (re                                                              v 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 0                                                              3)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Cont                                                              roller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH                                                              4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Mode                                                              m Controller (rev 03)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller (re                                                              v 01)
02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller (re                                                              v 01)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139                                                              C+ (rev 10)
07:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]                                                              /ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)
hammer@lappy:~$ dhclient eth2
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

can't create /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.leases: Permission denied
Can't create /var/run/dhclient.pid: Permission denied
drop_privileges: could not set group id: Operation not permitted
hammer@lappy:~$ sudo dhclient eth2
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Listening on LPF/eth2/00:3d:b4:00:00:00
Sending on   LPF/eth2/00:3d:b4:00:00:00
Sending on   Socket/fallback
receive_packet failed on eth2: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
send_packet: Network is down
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
hammer@lappy:~$ iwlist eth2
iwlist: unknown command `eth2'
hammer@lappy:~$ iwlist eth2
iwlist: unknown command `eth2'
hammer@lappy:~$