they are assigned by the order in which they are discovered..usually the lowest numbered PCI address ehich is an Ethernet card will be eth0.
*Usually* the slot closest to the power on the ATX MB form factor is lowest.
The sure way is to only configure eth0 with a valid IP address and then start a ping from another machine and switch the network cable back and forth... ehich ever one answers is eth0 ;-)
-Brad
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jackrabbit Slim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: 2 network cards
>
>
> Thanks, I got them configured. One more question: How can I
> tell which
> card (physically on the motherboard) is eth0 and eth1. Are they
> automatically assigned in a certain order (e.g. top to bottom)?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Dege
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:43 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: 2 network cards
>
>
> They both might have already been identified. Don't use kudzu like
> that. It's more of a plug-pray style device.
>
> To see if both devices have been identified, type `dmesg`, this will
> give you kernel info on boot (ie: what devices the kernel
> found). Also,
> /sbin/lspci will give you a list of pci devices that the kernel found.
>
> -Rob
>
> > I have 2 3COM-905b-TX pci network cards that I am trying to
> configure on a
> > redhat 7 system. Kudzu seems to only be able to find one
> of them at a
> time.
> > Can someone point me toward a resource that will explain
> how to get linux
> to
> > see both of them through a manual configuration?
> >
> >
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> -Rob
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