Unistalling NIC interface

[dagobertobotero]

How i do to uninstall a nic interface that appearas whe i run the ifconfig command.

When I installed the OS (5.0.5) the server has two networks cards but I must to uninstall one to install a multi I/O.

Whe i run the ifconfig command with the -a option the next interfaces appears.

net1 :

lp0 : .........

atl0 : .........

The atl0 is the interface that i need to remove.

Thaks!

 

[PHV]

netconfig

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[motoslide]

I don't think "atl0" is really a network adapter. Real adapters will be "net0", "net1", etc.

You should be able to see all adapters configured into the kernel by running:

# hwconfig -h

You can look at the PCI devices by running:

# hw -r pci | more


The "atl0" is a special purpose logical device. I can't remember right now what it is for, but I know it isn't related to a NIC. In fact, when you run "ifconfig -a", the "atl0" IP is probably set to 0.0.0.0.

If your system physically has 2 NIC's, you can probably disable one in BIOS to free up it's resources for other devices.

Having said all that, if you DO need to remove a NIC from the kernel, follow PHV's advice. Run "netconfig".