Re: Two ethernets in same box question

2000-09-06 Thread Vidiot
>You're at the mercy of the BIOS. OTOH, why do you care? Because I currently have the DSL connected to one of the cards. As I mentioned in a followup, I'll just have to see which one comes up as which and plug in the cable accordingly. MB -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bart: Hey, why is it de

Re: Two ethernets in same box question

2000-09-06 Thread Steven W. Orr
You're at the mercy of the BIOS. OTOH, why do you care? -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Stranger things have happened but none stranger than this. Steven W. Orr- Does your driver's license say Organ Donor?Black holes are where God \ ---divided by z

Re: Two ethernets in same box question

2000-09-06 Thread Bill Carlson
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Vidiot wrote: > Charles responded: > > >I think you could just switch the slots the cards are in if you find the > >order changes on you. Also if it does change, it's really not that big a > >deal to change eth0 to eth1. > > I suspect that if it does turn the configurations

Re: Two ethernets in same box question

2000-09-05 Thread Vidiot
>But -- in general, and this is sheer superstition, the device number will >increase the farther away from the AGP slot (or the closer to the ISA >slots if there's no AGP) you go. Thanks. It so happens that the cards will be in the order you mentioned. MB -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bart

Re: Two ethernets in same box question

2000-09-05 Thread Wayne Dyer
Bret Hughes wrote: > Vidiot wrote: > > > I currently have one LinkSys (Tulip) card in the box and will soon > > add a second in order to talk to the in-house LAN. > > > > When I install the second card, is there anything that can be done beforehand > > to make sure the current card stays eth0 and

Re: Two ethernets in same box question

2000-09-05 Thread Vidiot
Charles responded: >I think you could just switch the slots the cards are in if you find the >order changes on you. Also if it does change, it's really not that big a >deal to change eth0 to eth1. I suspect that if it does turn the configurations around, I can just swap the cables :-) As long

Re: Two ethernets in same box question

2000-09-05 Thread Vidiot
Bret responded: >I believe you are in the land of making sacrifices to the bios gods here unless >the cards are isa. I would bet with isa you will be able to set the irq/io >addresses up so that you can distinguish between the two. pci on the other hand > I suspect that you are right. As

Re: Two ethernets in same box question

2000-09-05 Thread Charles Galpin
I think you could just switch the slots the cards are in if you find the order changes on you. Also if it does change, it's really not that big a deal to change eth0 to eth1. hth charles On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: > Vidiot wrote: > > > I currently have one LinkSys (Tulip) card in

Re: Two ethernets in same box question

2000-09-05 Thread Bret Hughes
Vidiot wrote: > I currently have one LinkSys (Tulip) card in the box and will soon > add a second in order to talk to the in-house LAN. > > When I install the second card, is there anything that can be done beforehand > to make sure the current card stays eth0 and the new card becomes eth1? > > O