* Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-05 22:03]: > I've got a freshly installed Debian Stable box with two NICs, a 3c509 > and a 3c509c. In /etc/network/interfaces, I have them defined thusly: > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > auto eth1 > iface eth1 dhcp > > When I (re)start networking, ifconfig shows both cards to be configured > with all the proper numbers, but networking out is "iffy" (I haven't > been able to pin down a pattern), and I can ping from a different subnet > the eth1 card but never the eth0 card. > > If I comment out one of the cards (it doesn't matter which one) in > "interfaces" and restart networking, I can then ping from the different > subnet the card not commented out. In other words, both cards work, but > only one at a time. > > I've also tried static IP addresses with essentially the same results. > > I've booted off a Knoppix 3.3 CD, and both cards worked as expected, and > I was able to ping both cards from a different subnet. > > I actually wiped the drive and did a clean install of Stable, only to > find the same results afterward. I also upgraded from the 2.2 kernel to > 2.4.18-1-686; it made no difference. > > I've been googling all day trying to find an answer, and haven't hit the > right answer yet. If this isn't solved by tomorrow, the decision makers > are going to go with Redhat (because we're in a time crunch). Does > anyone have any insight as to what I need to do to get both NICs working > properly? > Kent, What is the output of the 'route' command when you have the interfaces up with and without knoppix?
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