Re: x2 NIC cards

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From: Thomas Van de Hoef
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 00:00

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"Jan Hurst" <jhurst@bekkers.com.au> wrote:

>>My RedhAt 4.2 docs suggest this is mildly tricky. The trick is to compile
>>    a kernel with support for two NICs included.
>>
>>It seems that kerneld and the drivers don't copy with two identical NICs.
>>    It seems it works if the NICs require different drivers: say one 3COM
>>    and one Intel.
>>

>We had two identical cards running in the same (firewall/gateway) machine
>without a hitch. Just a matter of loading another module, no recompilation
>was needed (Redhat 4.2).

>Jan
>--
>Jan Hurst
>Bekkers IT
>jhurst@bekkers.com.au

Were they NE2000's ? ... I've had the same problem trying to get two
NE2000 PCI cards working in the same machine.



 - Thomas Van de Hoef        Expert Manure Motivator.
   Koo Wee Rup, Australia.      
   // Mailto : thomasv@<remove.this.bit>netlink.com.au

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