Two identical PCI NICs

Redhat 7.1 kernel 2.4.21
I have two identical PCI NIC cards I want to use in my firewall box. I have
aliased them in modules.conf:

alias eth0 8139too
alias eth1 8139too

I have done this with ISA cards by specifying the address and/or IRQ
settings with options. With the dynamicaly assigned IRQ and address of PCI
cards I don't thik this will work. Both cards work. The system will find
either one as eth0 but always says eth1 is an unknown interface at boot.
Any advise appreciated. Thanks. Richard

Richard wrote:
> Redhat 7.1 kernel 2.4.21
> I have two identical PCI NIC cards I want to use in my firewall box. I have
> aliased them in modules.conf:
>
> alias eth0 8139too
> alias eth1 8139too
>
> I have done this with ISA cards by specifying the address and/or IRQ
> settings with options. With the dynamicaly assigned IRQ and address of PCI
> cards I don't thik this will work. Both cards work. The system will find
> either one as eth0 but always says eth1 is an unknown interface at boot.
> Any advise appreciated. Thanks. Richard
>
>

Just a little suggestion, have you tried installing only one nic first?
Install one first, let RH recognize is and boot. Then install the second
one later.

I have read about this, I would be very interested to know how it works

->HS


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No, but it is a good idea. I'll let you know. Thanks.

"H. S." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Richard wrote:
> > Redhat 7.1 kernel 2.4.21
> > I have two identical PCI NIC cards I want to use in my firewall box. I
have
> > aliased them in modules.conf:
> >
> > alias eth0 8139too
> > alias eth1 8139too
> >
> > I have done this with ISA cards by specifying the address and/or IRQ
> > settings with options. With the dynamicaly assigned IRQ and address of
PCI
> > cards I don't thik this will work. Both cards work. The system will
find
> > either one as eth0 but always says eth1 is an unknown interface at boot.
> > Any advise appreciated. Thanks. Richard
> >
> >
>
> Just a little suggestion, have you tried installing only one nic first?
> Install one first, let RH recognize is and boot. Then install the second
> one later.
>
> I have read about this, I would be very interested to know how it works
>
> ->HS
>
>
> --
> ---------------------- X ----------------------
> Remove all underscores from my email address to get the correct one.
> Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is to reduce spam.
>

No, that didn't work. Got another NIC with a tulip chip and that worked.
Still going to fool with this. Should be some way.......
"Richard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> No, but it is a good idea. I'll let you know. Thanks.
>
> "H. S." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3V0Va.744$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Richard wrote:
> > > Redhat 7.1 kernel 2.4.21
> > > I have two identical PCI NIC cards I want to use in my firewall box.
I
> have
> > > aliased them in modules.conf:
> > >
> > > alias eth0 8139too
> > > alias eth1 8139too
> > >
> > > I have done this with ISA cards by specifying the address and/or IRQ
> > > settings with options. With the dynamicaly assigned IRQ and address
of
> PCI
> > > cards I don't thik this will work. Both cards work. The system will
> find
> > > either one as eth0 but always says eth1 is an unknown interface at
boot.
> > > Any advise appreciated. Thanks. Richard
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Just a little suggestion, have you tried installing only one nic first?
> > Install one first, let RH recognize is and boot. Then install the second
> > one later.
> >
> > I have read about this, I would be very interested to know how it works

> >
> > ->HS
> >
> >
> > --
> > ---------------------- X ----------------------
> > Remove all underscores from my email address to get the correct one.
> > Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is to reduce spam.
> >
>
>