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Re: Two network cards of same type, which eth0, which eth1?



On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 13:26, Hugo van der Merwe wrote:
> I am going to be installing two new network cards soon, most likely
> I'll be getting that cheap junk that is the rtl8139. How do I choose
> which one must be eth0? Module parameters to the 8139too module? (In
> the past I simply loaded the correct module first.

THey are detected in PCI order... so the lowest numbered PCI slot first,
and then in order. So this depends on your motherboard. In my case they
are numbered from low to high in the case. Check your mobo
documentation.

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