On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:44:11 +1000
Terry Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone installed two PCI network cards?
Yes, one on the motherboard and one in a PCI slot. The motherboad ethernet
looks to the systems as if its on the PCI bus.
erikd@coltrane > lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX Host bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX AGP bridge
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7896
00:0b.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7896
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 06)
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 (GeForce2 Pro) (rev a3)
> (Are they still installled {:-)
Yes.
> i.e. how to you go about configuring two PCI cards?
> Are they stable? i.e. does one get consistently allocated eth0 and the
> other eth1?
Yes. The motherboard one is always eth0 and the card is always eth1.
> Just asking before I try adding a second card into an existing system.
>
> Or is the wisdom- don't - use dual isa?
Wisdom is don't use ISA :-).
Erik
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