Re: Second NIC won't play

[Hans du Plooy <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net>]

On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 17:23 +0000, Hans du Plooy wrote:
> I have to identical Intel 100mbit network cards in my workstation.  Just
> one was plugged in and picked up DHCP when I installed, and configured
> itself accordingly.   I'm not trying to make the second one talk via a
> crossover cable to my notebook.  But I cannot get the interface up.
> 
> # ifconfig eth1 up
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

Ok, this is weird.  Out of sheer frustration and boredom I did modprobe
eepro100 - and it worked!   Weird because the cards are identical...

Thanks
Hans