How to install D-Link DGE-550SX?

[Johannes Graumann <johannes_graumann@web.de>]

Hello,

I'm lost trying to install a D-Link DGE-550SX additionally to my existing
network card. I have done the following:

1) add the appropriate 'dl2k' driver to /etc/modules.
2) add this to /etc/network/interfaces:
    allow-hotplug eth1
    iface eth1 inet dhcp

After a reboot dmesg|grep eth delivers this:

 sda:<6>eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM5751PKFBG) rev 4001 PHY(5750)] (PCI Express)
10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:13:72:26:cd:89
eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[1] MIirq[1] ASF[0] Split[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1]
eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
eth1: D-Link DGE-550SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, 00:13:46:66:48:6f, IRQ 50
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
bridge-eth0: enabling the bridge
bridge-eth0: up
bridge-eth0: already up
bridge-eth0: attached
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
bridge-eth0: disabling the bridge
bridge-eth0: down
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
bridge-eth0: enabling the bridge
bridge-eth0: up
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
eth0: no IPv6 routers present

and ifconfig shows the following:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:72:26:CD:89
          inet addr:10.31.0.96  Bcast:10.31.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:72ff:fe26:cd89/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1360 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:790 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1323695 (1.2 MiB)  TX bytes:84181 (82.2 KiB)
          Interrupt:177

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:46:66:48:6F
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:46ff:fe66:486f/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:50 Base address:0xcc00

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
          inet addr:192.168.149.1  Bcast:192.168.149.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet8    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
          inet addr:172.16.35.1  Bcast:172.16.35.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

I can't bring up the eth1 interface what soever ... no answer of the dhcp server
ever ...

Doesn anybody see what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks ffor any help,

Joh