[linux-help] Re: Two NICs

[Lars von dem Ast <mrprenzl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 15 November 2001 06:33 pm, you wrote:

I'm fairly certain these cards together are all right. It's probably a 
configuration problem this newbie doesn't grok....

> 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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