Re: 2 3com905b network cards - not recognized

[dave mallery <dmallery@cia-g.com>]

On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 04:46:48PM -0000, Mikael Jirari wrote:
does your /etc/network/interfaces look like this?

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian 
installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
	address 10.42.42.112
	netmask 255.255.255.0
	network 10.42.42.0
	broadcast 10.42.42.255
	gateway 10.42.42.254

# second network card - to the private cluster net: 10.42.43.0
# rdm 9/26/02

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
	address 10.42.43.254
	netmask 255.255.255.0
	network 10.42.43.0
	broadcast 10.42.43.255

dave


> Hi,
> 
> I have two 3com 905b in my box, but only one is recognized.
> I compiled the drivers into the kernel since i'm not using modules at all.
> 
> What can I do so the two network cards to be recognized ?
> 
> I read somewhere that disabling the Pnp option could resolve the problem but
> is there a way to fix the problem without doing that ?
> 
> I think the system is assigning the same irq to the network cards (really
> not sure about what i'm saying)
> 
> Also, how can i do the irq setup manually ?
> 
> Thanx

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