Re: Multiple Network Interfaces per host -- possible?

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@dmcom.net>]

	Subject: Multiple Network Interfaces per host -- possible?
	Date: Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 11:15:48AM +0200

In reply to:Lukas Ruf

Quoting Lukas Ruf(ruf@tik.ee.ethz.ch):
> Dear all,
> 
> I installed a second network interface into my host.  The problem that
> arises: only the old one gets configured even I included the driver for
> the new one into the kernel as well.
> 
> The one I had before -- that must remain eth0 -- is a 3COM 3c905B.
> The new one is an AMD-79c970-based PCNet LANCE.
> 
> In /etc/network/interfaces -- I suppose -- I added analogously to the
> one of eth0:
> 
> # automatically added when upgrading
>   auto eth1
>   iface eth1 inet dhcp
>     hostname myhost-new

Just added a 2nd card a few days ago.  Here is what I recall doing.
Read through the Net3 and Ethernet howto's first and then

/etc/network/aliases  Had this for the first card
 iface eth0 inet static
     address 192.168.1.1
     network 192.168.1.0
     netmask 255.255.255.0
     broadcast 192.168.1.255

# so I added this for the 2nd card
 iface eth1 inet static
     address 192.168.1.10
     network 192.168.1.0
     netmask 255.255.255.0
     broadcast 192.168.1.255
     up route add 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.1.1

then in /etc/modutils/aliases

alias eth0 ne2k-pci
alias eth1 ne

options eth0 io=0x6500 irq=11
options eth1 io=0x300 irq=7

I added the necessary drivers in the kernel, compiled it, rebooted and
it Worked!


:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)

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