Harm, Thanks on one thing... I never noticed before but you are right a number of "firewalls" do recognize the cards alphabetically instead of asking... Wondered about this before myself... SNF does it by going numbers first... Which is why 3com comes before Linksys....*sigh* Like it better when they do it by PCI slot.
James On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 09:19, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Monday 13 January 2003 17:36, Mark Weaver wrote: > > > >> > > >>I'm getting jazzed about this. As soon as the new Nic's I ordered get > > >>here I'll be setting this up on a box here at the house. I tested the > > >>boot disk last night after it was made and it works good. even managed > > >>to remember how to make one and thats saying something since I don't use > > >>that command very often at all. This old brain isn't as fried as I > > >>thought it was. :) > > >> > > >>Mark > > > > > > Take care to know which Nic is going to be eth0 or eth1 i.e. which Nic is > > > which. > > > Smoothwall recognizes them alphabetically on vendor. > > > > > > I had an old 3com 10M isa card for the (red)internet/cable connection > > > (don't need 100M there) and a realtek 10/100 for the (green)network. > > > The 3com always got recognized first and appointed "green"=:o( > > > Forcing me to take it out, configure the realtek as "green" and then > > > insert the 3com ---and no, I didn't get burned. I remembered to shutdown > > > the box first=:o) > > > > > > Good luck, > > > HarM > > > > Harm, > > > > Then I should have tons of fun because the cards I ordered are identical. > > Oh, you will!=:o) > > That leaves only the mac addresses to work on. > Easiest is that once you've identified which is green and which is red (and/or > orange)is to mark it as such, with a marker (or nail-polish=:o)). > > That way you'll be able to recognize 'em on the outside, even if you do fry > your brains in the future=:o) > > Or scavenge an old 10M somewhere, nobody wants to use 'm anymore. They're > dirtcheap (even free sometimes) nowadays. Download speeds surpassing 10M > isn't a hand for a long time to come so you'll never notice. > > Good luck, > HarM > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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