# dmesg | grep eth eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xd800, 00:40:f4:d8:41:a4, IRQ 12 eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xdc00, 00:40:f4:d8:41:a3, IRQ 10 eth1: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' eth2: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe000, 00:40:f4:d8:41:a2, IRQ 11 eth2: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' At that point, eth0 works properly but: # ifconfig eth1 up eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device # ifconfig eth2 up eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device