added second nic, need help configuring it for local network

Hi,

I just added DFE-538Tx nic to my Redhat box (kernal 2.4.20-19.8). First
off, I am new to networking on Linux.

Okay, so here is the situation. I have a DSL modem connected to ppp0.
One network card is already installed, eth0 (I think it is 3COM). I just
added the second network card, and when I started up the computer,
Redhat boot sequence detected the new card and told me it was, I think,
8139, and loaded its driver. It asked me if I wanted to configure the
network. I skipped that step.

Now, I am not able to see my eth1. No other computer is connected to
this computer (though I plan to connect another machine to this computer
through the second nic soon). For now, I just to confirm that I have
eth1 and that it is working properly. Any suggestions how to do it? Or
pointers on the web where I should get proper instructions?

BTW, I don't have /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1, I guess
because I haven't configured the second nic yet(?)

All help is appreciated,
Thanks,
->HS
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H. S. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just added DFE-538Tx nic to my Redhat box (kernal 2.4.20-19.8). First
> off, I am new to networking on Linux.
>
> Okay, so here is the situation. I have a DSL modem connected to ppp0.
> One network card is already installed, eth0 (I think it is 3COM). I just
> added the second network card, and when I started up the computer,
> Redhat boot sequence detected the new card and told me it was, I think,
> 8139, and loaded its driver. It asked me if I wanted to configure the
> network. I skipped that step.
>
> Now, I am not able to see my eth1. No other computer is connected to
> this computer (though I plan to connect another machine to this computer
> through the second nic soon). For now, I just to confirm that I have
> eth1 and that it is working properly. Any suggestions how to do it? Or
> pointers on the web where I should get proper instructions?
>
> BTW, I don't have /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1, I guess
> because I haven't configured the second nic yet(?)
>
> All help is appreciated,
> Thanks,
> ->HS


I just did:
>> /sbin/ifconfig eth1
and now I can see the eth1 info by giving the "/sbin/ifconfig -a" command:
>> /sbin/ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:75:8A6F
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:873 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:914 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:593810 (579.8 Kb) TX bytes:127379 (124.3 Kb)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xd400

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:50:03:87
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xd000

I also of course get similar info about "lo" and "ppp0" interfaces as well.

Now, before I actually connect my second computer (windows) to eth1
card, what steps should I take? I guess I need to give my computer an IP
address? How do I do that? BTW, if it matters, I am running Redhat 8.0.

Thanks,
->HS

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You can connect it to the same network than eth0, with other IP address.
From other machine you should ping to the 2 IPs.

Regards.

Carlos


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> H. S. wrote:
> >> Now, I am not able to see my eth1. No other computer is connected to
> >> this computer (though I plan to connect another machine to this
computer
> >> through the second nic soon). For now, I just to confirm that I have
> >> eth1 and that it is working properly. Any suggestions how to do it? Or
> >> pointers on the web where I should get proper instructions?
> > Now, before I actually connect my second computer (windows) to eth1
> > card, what steps should I take? I guess I need to give my computer an IP
> > address? How do I do that? BTW, if it matters, I am running Redhat 8.0.
>
>
> The following link takes you to RH8.0 customisation guide. I hope it
helps.
>
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...-guide/ch-netw
ork-config.html
>
> Regards,
>
> MH
>
>