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Re: How to add second network card?



High,

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Eric Richardson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get a second identical network card to work and need some
> assistance. The card is a AMD PCnet-ISA+ (a pnp card) that uses the
> lance.o module. When installing I was able to get one card working by
> adding io=0x300. The module assigns IRQ 3 and DMA 5 when loaded. I am
> using DHCP to get an IP address for eth0. I also tried both cards
> individually so I know both cards work. Here is what I tried so far.
>
> Edit the file modules.conf and added 0x320 to the previous configuration
> so it looks like this.
> lance.o io=0x300,0x320
> Upon reboot this hung when networking tried to start.
>
Use modconf in stead of modifying modules.conf itself.


> I don't know if I have to reset the setting on the card so one card will
> look for 0x320 or what but found something on the web to that effect.
> What software would I use for this or is there some other approach?
>

Are you sure both cards have a different, free IRQ? If not, you should try
to get a configuration disk for your networkcard from the internet, or
try to set PnP-OS installed to No in your BIOS.

Greetz,
Sebastiaan




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