Re: arrghh 2nd $#@@#$^ nic card

[Ray Curtis <ray ray clark net>]

>>>>> "md" == Mark DeWar <inetmail fiber-net com> writes:

md> i have tried everything but voodoo on getting two nics to work in this
md> computer i am building as a firewall.
md> i have tried several different combiniations of cards with no luck.

md> right now i have a alta research 10mb card in there configured for 340,10. isa
md> there is another one cant' recall who's set for 300, 5 isa
md> i have checked the alta and it passed diagnostics.
md> i am using the n2000 compatible driver for both
md> the linux will find the 300,5 on install.
md> i have read the linuxconf docs and i did the basic hostname setup.
md> i tried putting one card as adapter 1 and the other as adapter 2
md> on reboot eth1 fails initailaztion. and linuxconf shows the second adapters
md> info in both adapters io and irq info lines.
md> i read the linuxconf docs and it said to put both together as io
md> 0x300,0x340 irq 5,10
md> okay great. however how do i specify the two ips. one will be
md> 123.213.456.123 and the other 192.168.0.1

If both are the same ne2000's just add to lilo.conf:

append="ether=5,0x300,eth0 ether=10,0x340,eth1"

Then create another config in /etc/sysconfig/:
ifcfg-eth0
ifcfg-eth1

This is were you put the gateway and ip info.
Then re-install lilo and reboot.
 

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Ray Curtis         Unix/Linux Programmer/Consultant   Curtis Consulting
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