Hi Rod The cards were swapping around - I managed to sort that side of things out. The main problem was with my routing tables.
Thanks Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Tunks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "SLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Adding a network card > > Dear slugs > > > > When I installed my linux Redhat 8.0 distribution I included one network > > card - A realtek 8139. I used > > this to connect to my cable modem and the net. > > > > I then tried to add another identical network card so I can connect it > > to my LAN. Unforunately the addition of > > this card into the system is seemingly not permissable. If I ever try > > to activate the new card I lose my internet > > connection. > > > > I have tried removing both network cards and letting kudzu redetect > > them. I then reset all the parameters. > > The system does not allow me to have any network cards active for my > > internet to work > > > > I have > > > > eth0 inactive > > eth1 inactive > > ppp0 active (connecting through eth0) > > > > > > When I activate eth1 to connect to my LAN - my ppp connection breaks. It > > says it is fine in the network > > configuration - but of course it isn't. > > > > > > On an identical machine I have installed Redhat 8.0 with another two > > Realteks at installation time. I don't > > have any of these problems. Is it not yet possible to add another > > network card to linux after the system has > > been installed? Or does linux have trouble with two network cards of the > > same time? > > > > > > Paul Davies > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Paul, > given the cards are the same it may also be that the new card has become > eth0 and the old card has changed from eth0 to eth1. I've seen this > before in some of the system I have here that have 4 eth cards of the > same type. > > The new card may appear in the PCI space before the original so Linux > see's it as eth0. > > With just the original card in place boot the machine and note the MAC > address reported for eth0 by ifconfig. Power down, add the second card > and check eth0's MAC. If its changed then the above is whats happened. > > If it has all you need to do is swap the cables around (at least until > you add the 3rd card). > > PCI's plug and play can be a two edged sword. > > Cheers > -Rod > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
