[LUAU] Multipile NIC's and Linux

gsublett at lava.net gsublett at lava.net
Sun Jan 24 23:48:05 PST 1999


On 25-Jan-99 Sharky wrote:
> 
> I'm kinda driving myself bonkers on this one. I'm sure I'm missing 
> something fairly trivial. Pointers to FAQS or HOWTO's appreciated.
> 
> I'm trying to setup multiple NIC's on a new Linux box, just installed it 
> with Redhat 5.2, but am having problems getting a second NIC recognized. 
> I don't have a problem getting a 3c509b recognized and working.
> 
> My problems begin when I tried using a second NIC. I've tried with a 
> KNE20 (kingston) and made what I thought were appropriate entries in 
> conf.modules.
> 
> alias eth0 3c509
> options io=0x210 irq=9
> alias eth1 ne
> options io=0x240 irq=5
> 
> But it doesn't seem to recognize the cards. I have another 3c509b 
> (they're my favorite since I seem to have less problems using them). But 
> vaguely recall reading somewhere that using two of the same NIC cards 
> won't work without some extra work.
> 
> I'd be most grateful if anyone can point me to more info, or clue me in 
> if they have a similar setup. I'd like to try setting the box up to 
> IP-masq an existing network connection.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Aloha,
>       Sharky


http://www.calderasystems.com/LDP/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2
http://www.calderasystems.com/LDP/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO-10.html#lilo
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/multicard.html

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E-Mail: gsublett at lava.net
Date: 24-Jan-99
Time: 21:32:41
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