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



Mark Janssen wrote:
> 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.
> 

What if the cards are ISA? I have two identical ISA cards. They get assigned
to eth0 and eth1 differently, depending on the kernel I boot. Is there a way
to lock them down so that I always know which card will be eth0?

Thanks.

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