[TriLUG] network cards

[Mark]

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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