[LUAU] Multipile NIC's and Linux

[Danny L. Lapitan]

you can try and let linux assign the irq's, and i/o at the lilo prompt
with something like

ether=0,0,eth0 ether=0,0,eth1



On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, 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
>