Multiple Network Cards

[Mike Calvo]

I am using the same configuration but for something different and it works
fine. Redhat figures out all that stuff if it is a   card.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com>
To: "speakup e-mail list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:13 PM
Subject: Multiple Network Cards


> I know, this is more generic than speakup, but I'm wanting to hook up two
> network cards to one of my linux boxes.  Using one to connect to a
> broadband modem and the other for my inside local area network.
>
> I don't invision real problems configuring the two separate interfaces
> (eth0 and eth1) but do wonder about putting two similar network cards on
> the same bus.  I'm thinking about IRQ conflicts, I/O base addresses and
> all that good stuff.  This is not a plug and pray setup, but the cards are
> "jumperless" where I would configure them from a provided DOS utility.
>
> Have any of you brains out there done this? how did it go for you?  Will
> there really be any problems configuring separate cards in the same
> machine like this?  I would think this would be a trivial matter for any
> machine that works as a gateway or router.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
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