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

[Hugo van der Merwe <hugo@adept.co.za>]

> > 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.

Thanks, that would probably be fine, but I decided to rather go with
one rtl8139 and one smc, for convenience. Have yet to put them in,
will probably only do so tomorrow.

Thanks a lot,
Hugo van der Merwe