[TriLUG] network cards

[M. Mueller (bhu5nji)]

Can you conditionally reconfigure eth0 and eth1 to appropriate network 
addresses if eth1 exists?

Mike

On Friday 25 January 2002 01:55 pm, you wrote:
> I might take another look at the bios. Can't really swap the cards as
> the on board is built into the card --- if it can't change - I guess I
> will have to boot twice! :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> M. Mueller (bhu5nji) wrote:
> >eth<x> is the symbolic name assigned by the kernel to the Ethernet
> > interface. With PCI, an interface that is eth0 in a singly homed machine
> > can become eth1 when a second interface is to the machine.  This effect
> > is due to the order in which the cards are found during the boot up
> > sequence.  Probes can run high to low, or low to high.  This is a
> > software decision that may not be open for change - but it's worth a
> > look-see in the BIOS.  You may want to try swapping the card positions in
> > your machine to gauge the effect, for example, will card A become eth0 in
> > a machine where it is 1 of 1 Ethernet IF and 1 of 2 Ethernet IF?  Another
> > approach is to accept the eth<x> names assigned to the cards by the
> > system and then "ifconfig" them to match the appropriate net address for
> > you network.
> >
> >Mike M.
> >
> >On Friday 25 January 2002 08:00 am, you wrote:
> >>I am having a bizzare problem - I have a netfinity-5100 with dual nic's
> >>- It has an on board (eth0) pcnet32 --- the second is in pci slot 1
> >>(eepro100) (eth1) ...  When the system boots up, eth0 expects, eepro100
> >>and eth1 exepect pcnet32 - so I bring it up in Single user mode, change
> >>the drivers and do an init 5 (all is well) -- if i try to reboot, then I
> >>start all over.  Has anyone any idea why the devices/software switch
> >>positions? Could it be the bios?
> >>
> >>tia,
> >>mark
> >>
> >>
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