Thanks for the quick response Andrew - here is a little more info:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:85:5E:EC:CE
inet addr:192.168.1.15 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:85ff:fe5e:ecce/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:806 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:667 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1008
RX bytes:1041362 (1016.9 KiB) TX bytes 53020 (51.7 KiB)
If I look in etc/init.d/networking it shows me just some scripting for
enabling/disabling the interface - no settings for DHCP/DNS etc. in
there. I don't have a file named net.eth0 or eth1. If I go into the
settings for the card (in the GUI) I can see that it has picked up the
IP and broadcast address. If I manually input the IP, SM and gateway
- it still doesn't work. net-setup (command not found). dhcpd
(command not found). If i try route add.. I get a comment saying
SIOCADDRT: Operation not permitted.
I loaded up Fedora Core 6 Live to discover no ifconfig command!