# 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 # cat /etc/network/interfaces | grep -v "#" auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.201 gateway 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp auto eth2 iface eth2 inet static address 192.168.103.1 netmask 255.255.255.0