[linux-help] Re: Two NICs

[Bruce Bales <bbales@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lars, take a look at:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-
Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/chap8sec88.html

They talk about dual ethernet cards of either isa or pci.

bruce

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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Yes, mine does that too.   I wasn't sure if it was a bug or a feature.



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