Re: How to add second network card?

[Eric Richardson <eric.richardson@milagrosoft.com>]

Sebastiaan wrote:

> High,
>
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Eric Richardson wrote:
> > 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 was a bit confused here as the edits via the install put in following lines.

lance (/etc/modules)
options lance io=0x300 (/etc/modules.conf)
options lance io=0x300 (/etc/modutils/lance)

So I guess modconf edits the files for you?


> > 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.

>
There is no setting for pnp os in BIOS. They cards have the capability 
to respond to other baseios, irqs etc but I have no idea the concept of 
how to configure the card via software. I only have Debian on this box 
so I'm not sure how to proceed or what to look for on this front.