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eth0 (the pcnet32) is set for DHCP via the dsl, eth1 (eepro100) is static
with a 192 address.....<br>
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M. Mueller (bhu5nji) wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Can you conditionally reconfigure eth0 and eth1 to appropriate network <br>addresses if eth1 exists?<br><br>Mike<br><br>On Friday 25 January 2002 01:55 pm, you wrote:<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I might take another look at the bios. Can't really swap the cards as<br>the on board is built into the card --- if it can't change - I guess I<br>will have to boot twice! :-)<br><br>Thanks,<br>Mark<br><br>M. Mueller (bhu5nji) wrote:<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">eth<x> is the symbolic name assigned by the kernel to the Ethernet<br>interface. With PCI, an interface that is eth0 in a singly homed machine<br>can become eth1 when a second interface is to the machine. This effect<br>is due to the order in which the cards are found during the boot up<br>sequence. Probes can run high to low, or low to high. This is a<br>software decision that may not be open for change - but it's worth a<br>look-see in the BIOS. You may want to try swapping the card positions in<br>your machine to gauge the effect, for example, will card A become eth0 in<br>a machine where it is 1 of 1 Ethernet IF and 1 of 2 Ethernet IF? Another<br>approach is to accept the eth<x> names assigned to the cards by the<br>system and then "ifconfig" them to match the appropriate net address for<br>you network.<br><br>Mike M.<br><br>On Friday 25 January 2002 08:00 am, you wrote:<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I am having a bizzare problem - I have a netfinity-5100 with dual nic's<br>- It has an on board (eth0) pcnet32 --- the second is in pci slot 1<br>(eepro100) (eth1) ... When the system boots up, eth0 expects, eepro100<br>and eth1 exepect pcnet32 - so I bring it up in Single user mode, change<br>the drivers and do an init 5 (all is well) -- if i try to reboot, then I<br>start all over. Has anyone any idea why the devices/software switch<br>positions? Could it be the bios?<br><br>tia,<br>mark<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TriLUG mailing list<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug">http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug</a><br></pre>
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