On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:53:52 +0000, Antony Pavlenko wrote:
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> [ ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.200 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> usb0: unknown interface: No such device
> SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device
> usb0: unknown interface: No such device
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
> usb0: unknown interface: No such device
> $
> Why?

dmesg | grep CDCEther

the usbnet driver will be attached to an ethernet interface so your
ifconfig command becomes:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.200 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask \
255.255.255.0 up