christopher@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig -a
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:35:7E:74:69
inet addr:192.168.0.190 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:35ff:fe7e:7469/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7703 (7.5 KiB) TX bytes:6948 (6.7 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe400
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
christopher@ubuntu:/dev$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
christopher@ubuntu:/dev$ dmesg | grep eth0
[ 9.112000] eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0x1e400, 00:16:35:7e:74:69, IRQ 11.
[ 9.112000] eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 05e1 Link cde1.
(then it gets renamed to eth1 and I had to manually get the dhcp for it with dhclient eth1, the result of that:)
christopher@ubuntu:/dev$ dmesg | grep eth1
[ 463.240000] eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xCDE1
[ 473.788000] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
christopher@ubuntu:~$ cat /var/log/messages | grep eth1
Jul 16 22:18:38 ubuntu kernel: [ 463.240000] eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xCDE1
christopher@ubuntu:~$ cat /var/log/messages | grep eth0
Jul 16 16:56:19 ubuntu kernel: [ 59.233486] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
Jul 16 16:56:19 ubuntu kernel: [ 72.164851] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
Jul 16 17:39:07 ubuntu kernel: [ 63.628177] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
Jul 16 17:39:07 ubuntu kernel: [ 72.088788] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
Jul 16 17:12:16 ubuntu kernel: [ 63.004960] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
Jul 16 17:12:16 ubuntu kernel: [ 72.823585] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
Jul 16 18:15:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 152.491319] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
Jul 16 18:15:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 163.510938] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
Jul 16 20:20:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 9.232000] eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0x1e400, 00:16:35:7e:74:69, IRQ 11.
Jul 16 20:20:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 9.232000] eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7869 advertising 05e1 Link cde1.
Jul 16 22:11:40 ubuntu kernel: [ 9.112000] eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0x1e400, 00:16:35:7e:74:69, IRQ 11.
Jul 16 22:11:40 ubuntu kernel: [ 9.112000] eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 05e1 Link cde1.
christopher@ubuntu:~$