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This is dealt with, to some extent at least, by the Ethernet-HOWTO. By default, the linux kernel only looks for one ethernet card. You need to tell the kernel explicitly to look for each of the additional cards. The append entry you quote is telling the kernel to configure an ethernet card as eth1 (the first ethernet interface was eth0, you are specifying eth1). You need to put in a corresponding append entry for each additional ethernet interface that you want to have detected. The kernel has a device table, which limits the number of devices that can be configured. In the 2.0.18 kernel sources that I am looking at, the table lists eth0-eth7 for a maximum of 8 devices. If possible, you should set a configurable parameter for each individual ethernet card, so that you can control which card is identified with which interface. As an example, I configured a system as a router with two 3c503 cards, and specified the IO address in the LILO append parameters. This identification meant that I knew that I was using the correct IP configuration for each of the cards. Hope this helps Tim On Jan 7, 2:38pm, Thomas Tomiczek wrote: > Subject: Problem with 3c509b > Hello. > > I need to get a router running on the base of LINUX and decided to use the Debian Distribution. > > I should mention that I am complety new to Linux. > > I have problems to get 3c509-cards to cooperate. > > I need to get 6 cards running in one system. > > We have a 19" industrial board with 13 usable ISA-Slots, so that is not the Problem. > > My Problems are: > - what are the exact kernel-changes I have to do to get 6 eth-interfaces? > - what are the exact parameters I need to set in lilo.conf to get the cards installed? I do not want to use modules, because this is sort of a nether to be changed system. > > I was unable to get more than 2 cards installed sofar, this by inserting > -> append="ether=0,0,eth1" in lilo.conf. Nethertheless I was unable to get a third card recognized. > > Can anyone help? > > Regards in advance > Thomas Tomiczek > System Administrator > SIRECO INTERNET SERVICES GmbH > >-- End of excerpt from Thomas Tomiczek -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMtL52PzKFjUEAi7RAQH6ggP/VIBSbB7fIdJAVEWH41H2Mq9mLBgAlYxH N3g8hdoa6/qJCOO3AgAQI2OwD+a1Bxyqm68zBEkiZuGqPB9Z2nSh8ji5Haig/ukH leM90PvLBsRDKAGGne96d353xQV+Lj0be6HnoFeJ3b5JFa8bT17+0IaFe3MWfqJr XzQ/0+2QVyY= =tiv0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Tim Frost, Systems Engineer (Unix) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EDS (NZ) Ltd, Voice: +64 4 495-0504 P.O. Box 3647, Fax: +64 4 474-5130 Wellington, New Zealand. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
