Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-25 Thread Kevin Buhr
Michael West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The final thing which I still do not understand is that, after I > passed the ether= kernel parameters for each card, only eth0 would > work. But if I `ifdown eth0` then only eth1 would work. Finally > if I `ifdown eth1` then eth2

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-25 Thread Kevin Buhr
Michael West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I tried passing kernel parameters > > ether=11,0x2000,eth0 ether=10,0x4000,eth1 ether=9,0x6000,eth2 Actually, if I read the source right, these aren't having any effect. They certainly aren't doing what you want them to do: they aren't determining whi

Re: [OT] Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 07:32:31AM -0800, Michael West wrote: > I don't know what you do when multiple cards use the same module. Most drivers probe in MAC address order. Thus, you need to look at your cards when you install them and make sure you know which is first (lowest MAC address). I

Re: [OT] Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-24 Thread Michael West
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:10:40PM +1100, David Cureton wrote: > As an a-side but in a similar vein: > How can one ensure that the physical interfaces get assigned to the same > interface consistently after rebooting. Is the only way to explicitly specify > the physical interface/physical h

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-24 Thread Michael West
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 04:56:10AM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote: > Michael West wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 11:41:30PM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote: > > Seperate cables to not mean seperate nets. > > In my case they were all going into the same hub. > > I haven't used hubs before. Do all

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread Russell Shaw
Michael West wrote: On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 11:41:30PM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote: Michael West wrote: I am having trouble setting up a system for 3 nic cards with a monolithic kernel ( 2.4.18 ) The three cards are identical and use the eepro100 driver. For testing I have them set up on the same

Re: [OT] Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread Russell Shaw
David Cureton wrote: As an a-side but in a similar vein: How can one ensure that the physical interfaces get assigned to the same interface consistently after rebooting. Is the only way to explicitly specify the physical interface/physical hardware address combination as a kernel parameter.

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread Michael West
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 11:41:30PM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote: > Michael West wrote: > >I am having trouble setting up a system for 3 nic cards with a monolithic > >kernel ( 2.4.18 ) > > > >The three cards are identical and use the eepro100 driver. > > > >For testing I have them set up on the same s

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread Michael West
On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 07:48:45PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: > On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 11:51, Michael West wrote: > > > With this setup and only one card with a cable attached I can ping all > > three addresses 10.0.1.10, 10.0.1.11, and 10.0.1.12. This is true no > > matter which card is plugge

[OT] Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread David Cureton
As an a-side but in a similar vein: How can one ensure that the physical interfaces get assigned to the same interface consistently after rebooting. Is the only way to explicitly specify the physical interface/physical hardware address combination as a kernel parameter. On a firewall I

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread Russell Shaw
Michael West wrote: I am having trouble setting up a system for 3 nic cards with a monolithic kernel ( 2.4.18 ) The three cards are identical and use the eepro100 driver. For testing I have them set up on the same sub-net. All three cards are getting assigned all three ips. I am not passing any k

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread Fraser Campbell
On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 11:51, Michael West wrote: > With this setup and only one card with a cable attached I can ping all > three addresses 10.0.1.10, 10.0.1.11, and 10.0.1.12. This is true no > matter which card is plugged in. That's because the kernel doesn't particularly care which physical

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread Michael West
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 04:22:19AM +1100, CaT wrote: > On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 08:51:31AM -0800, Michael West wrote: > > With this setup and only one card with a cable attached I can ping all > > three addresses 10.0.1.10, 10.0.1.11, and 10.0.1.12. This is true no > > matter which card is plugged

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread Michael West
On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 08:51:31AM -0800, Michael West wrote: > I am having trouble setting up a system for 3 nic cards with a monolithic > kernel ( 2.4.18 ) > I tried passing kernel parameters ether=11,0x2000,eth0 ether=10,0x4000,eth1 ether=9,0x6000,eth2 Now I can only ping all three addresses

Re: Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread CaT
On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 08:51:31AM -0800, Michael West wrote: > With this setup and only one card with a cable attached I can ping all > three addresses 10.0.1.10, 10.0.1.11, and 10.0.1.12. This is true no > matter which card is plugged in. >From where can you ping them? -- "Other countries o

Multiple NICs with Monolithic kernel

2003-02-23 Thread Michael West
I am having trouble setting up a system for 3 nic cards with a monolithic kernel ( 2.4.18 ) The three cards are identical and use the eepro100 driver. For testing I have them set up on the same sub-net. All three cards are getting assigned all three ips. I am not passing any kernel parameters