[K12OSN] multiple NICs

Les Mikesell les at futuresource.com
Wed Aug 17 22:51:44 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 17:41, Stephen wrote:

> How does one find out which network interface module links to which  
> ethx?
> 
> For instance, a lot of motherboards these days have two network  
> interfaces on them. Therefore I know which modules are loaded  
> "lsmod", and I know what interfaces are up "ifconfig".
> 
> I'd be grateful if someone could advise how to look up which module  
> is assigned to which ethx interface.
> 
> For instance, if I've got  8139too and e1000 modules loaded, how can  
> I find which is eth0 and which is eth1 (without resorting to pulling  
> cables out of the back and pinging as I do now!)

dmesg | grep eth
should show the interface name to PCI device name connection from the
initialization log.

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  Les Mikesell
    les at futuresource.com





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