Configure multiple ethernet interfaces
Ow Mun Heng
ow.mun.heng at wdc.com
Fri May 7 06:55:21 UTC 2004
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Demyanovich, Craig - Apogent [mailto:cdemyanovich at apogent.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 4:59 AM
> To: 'fedora-list at redhat.com'
> Subject: Configure multiple ethernet interfaces
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> I can't recreate the configuration of network interfaces after a FC1
> install. eth0 (built-in) has been identified and configured
> correctly.
> However, eth1 (built-in) and eth2-5 (a 4-port card) are a mess. Kudzu
> doesn't detect everything properly at boot time. Furthermore, despite
> deleting all devices (via the GUI config tool),
> /etc/sysconfig/hwconf still
> lists eth4 and eth5. Yet, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
> lists only eth0
> and lo (good), and /etc/modules.conf lists only eth0 (good).
> What gives?
>
What about removing kudzu??
Or.. try pulling the card out and maybe kudzu will complain that it's
not around anymore and offer you the choice of removing it??
> What I want to be able to do is to keep the config for eth0
> and start fresh
> with eth1-5. For example, first I'd configure eth1 and test.
> Then, I'd try
> to configure the 4-port card (eth2-5). Still very new to linux
> administration, I've been struggling to find a good resource on how to
> accomplish my goal. I would greatly appreciate any pointers
> on the proper
> way to tell FC1 exactly what I want the details (card,
> driver, assigned to
> ethX, etc.) of the remaining interfaces to be.
What sort of system has 2 built in net-cards??
/curious
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