[linux-help] Re: Two NICs

[lowell <lowell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe another brand of card? I seem to remember something about Linux 
having trouble with two 3com products of the same type in the same 
machine...

Lars von dem Ast wrote:

>I'm trying to use two NICs (both are 3COM 3C905B-TX's) in my RH7.2. One card 
>(alias eth0) is set up to do DSL (I'm in Mo'ridge). The DSL is a static 
>address with a net mask of 255.255.255.0 and a gateway of 65.66.93.254. Now, 
>I'm trying to get the other card to be for my home LAN, but I fowled it up 
>last night. RH recognized the new card immediately and took me through a 
>setup procedure during boot. Then with netconf and the "Network 
>Configuration" system utility, I was able to assign eth1 to what I thought 
>was the new card. Nothing worked. Went back into netconf, etc., ripped out 
>all the settings for the new card, and the DSL still didn't work. On a hunch, 
>I swapped the rj45s in the back and I got my DSL and Internet back. So the 
>question is, how does one set up two cards in one Linux box, one for DSL to 
>the outside Internet world, and one for a home network?
>
>Lb
>


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