This is based on my vague memory and guess ... On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 04:39:42PM +0000, Pollywog wrote: > On 2002.04.20 16:30 Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > >On 20-Apr-2002 Pollywog wrote: > >> When I got DSL, I had a problem with my two NICS's. Things would > >usually > >> end up with the NIC's being assigned the wrong addresses. What I > >> did to correct this mess was to have the DSL modem's NIC get > >> configured in /etc/init.d/local. > >> > >> > >> What is the best way to avoid this type of problem? BTW, the > >> internal network's NIC is a 3Com and I compiled the kernel with > >> support for that > > > >> NIC, but the DSL NIC is a Kingston card and uses the Tulip driver, > >which I > >> did not compile into the kernel (this is the card that gets > >> configured from /etc/init.d/local > >> > > > >the way this works is the first driver to be loaded gets eth0. So > >the 3Com you compiled into the kernel SHOULD be setup as eth0. > > It does now, but when I had support for both cards compiled into the > kernel, the 3Com card did not get eth0, it got eth1 and the DSL's NIC > got eth0 and I could not think of a way to control this. That is why > I now have only the 3Com card's support built into the kernel, so it > gets configured first. If I add another NIC later, I will probably > have to also compile it as a module and have it get configured in > /etc/init.d/local after the Kingston NIC's config lines. I just don't > know if that is the correct way or the best way to do it.
I am thinking of dealing this just by /etc/modules and hardware reconfig ... First, swapping PCI slot made difference in eth0 and eth1, I kind of remember for my system with 2 NICs with same driver. Also I thought you can specify which eth? for each driver by the command line option which can be specified through /etc/modules. Vague memory. Maybe un-true. I am also guessing /etc/modutils/alias may include lines like alias eth0 tulip which may specify eth0 and eth1 if each use different driver. Just a thought. -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D . See "User's Guide": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/ See "Debian reference": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ . "Debian reference" Project at: http://qref.sf.net . I welcome your constructive criticisms and corrections. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
