Re: Installing a 2nd NIC

[Juan Sanchez <jsanchez ecel ufl edu>]

For 2 identical plug and play NIC's, do I leave the base addresses and IRQ's zeroed
out and place eth0 closest to the power supply?

Thanks,
Juan

> I wasn't asking how to do it, I was commenting that their statement about
> need the driver compiled into the kernel to run two nics of the same kind
> is not true.
>
> Anyway, allI did was simply put this in /etc/conf.modules, and it worked
> fine (pci nics)
>
> alias eth0 tulip
> alias eth1 tulip
>
> no reboot required either (except to physically install the bugger of
> course :) )
>
> charles
>
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, David D.W. Downey wrote:
>
> > Charles Galpin wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't think this is true. I have used a stock RH6.1 kernel with two
> > > idnetical cards using a module.
> > >
> >
> >
> > OK here ya go..
> >
> >
> > In your /etc/lilo.conf file add the following line:
> >
> >
> > append="ether,0x000,00,eth0 ether,0x000,00,eth1"
> >
> > Replace 0x000 with the io port for the card and 00 with the irq. eth0 is
> > the card closest to the power supply, eth1 is the next, eth2 the next
> > ect ect. THe kernel recognizes things from Slot0 to SlotX when it
> > queries the bus for cards.
> >
> >
> > P.S make sure to rerun /sbin/lilo before rebooting.
> k