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> From: Steven Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Gentoo User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Jeffrey Smelser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] two Ethernet card
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:51:32 -0600
> 
> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 22:56, Jeffrey Smelser wrote:
> > I am trying to switch my last redhat machine to gentoo. I have been kicking it 
> > around for a long time and finally going to do it.
> > 
> > I have two eithernet cards on it, I know how to change conf.d/net and making two 
> > net.eth1/0. Here is were I am having trouble. How does it know which card I am 
> > refering to? How does eth0 going to know I want ethernet card a, over b.. I can't 
> > find where to put that. autoload would just load the two modules.. 
> > 
> > Redhat, for those who don't know, you reference with aliases, so eth0 would = 
> > smc-ultra and you reference eth0 at that point. Where is this in gentoo?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
> 
> Jeff, Developers and Doc Group,
> 
> There are several ways to nail down which Ethernet interface is eth0 and
> eth1.
> 
> Use the 'ether' kernel command-line parameter (Documented in the
> bootparam manual page - Section 7) if you have the driver built into the
> kernel.  Note: I have a Gentoo system with two different Ethernet
> interfaces and do not use this parameter but, if I remember correctly,
> you need this if you use the same driver for both interfaces.  Also, if
> you use two different drivers, which ever one gets loaded first will be
> eth0 and so on.
> 
> Define aliases in /etc/modules.conf, by creating a file in
> /etc/modules.d -- say net -- with the aliases in it and run
> modules-update.
> 
> A better option to both options above -- take a look at the nameif man
> page.
> 
> 
> I just read about these options in Linux Journal and didn't know about
> nameif.


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