Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "GROUWELS, Daniel" wrote:
> >
> > How can I tell linux which port to use on my old cards??
> > Standard ois the ethernet port.
> >
> > It works perfectly.
> >
> > The problem is that I created 3 subnets.
> >
> > And the third one connected via the BNC.
> >
> > But I cant get it work.
> >
> > Daniel
>
> If you are trying to use 2 or 3 of the RJ45/AUI/BNC connectors, that won't
> work. You need to select one.
on the other hand, if this is what he's trying to do (i.e. select which one
he wants) then the answer is - it depends upon the card.
One card I had chose whatever interface was 'active' when the card was powered
up.
one card I had had a config option in the eeprom (or whatever - NVram, etc)
One card I had had jumpers on the board.
Yet ANOTHER card I had required an option on the driver invocation!
So as you can see, it depends heavily upon the card!
Oh - and if you can avoid BNC-based (10base2 as I recall) networking you'll
be much happier! With 10baseT if one segment fails you don't lose your
entire network. With 10base2 if one segment fails everything is down,
and you have to check every single connection along the wire. IF you
only have 2 hosts hooked together its not a big deal. But if you have
100 hosts then thats at least 300 possible failure points! (200 if you
don't count the connection into the pc, but that's a bad assumption - because
if the PC is hosed it can cream your entire network also!)
I used 10base2 for a little while to hook my firewall into my hub at
home - and it would die randomly (approximatly once a month on average,
but sometimes once per week!) requiring a 'reboot' of the hub. I found
a cheap 10baseT ethernet card and got rid of the BNC! And I've had no
problems any more.
rc
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