Maybe my problem is that all my NIC cards are the same (3c59x). I do have seperate entries in the /etc/modules.conf for each eth(n) i.e.: alias eth0 3c59x alias eth1 3c59x alias eth2 3c59x I'm not complaining much, since we dont' reboot often. I figure it had to do with the pnp and the first card to respond gets eth0... and so forth. This may explain why after some reboots everything comes up as before. Of course I may be doing it all wrong. Just too busy to 'check it out' :/. smbinyon
-----Original Message----- From: ABrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2 network cards On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 20:02:32 -0800 (PST) David Talkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > ABrady wrote: > > >> >That's an interesting question... I have a RH7.1 server with three > >> >3c59x NICs and upon a reboot, found that assignments had all > >> >changed. It would be nice that it would stay consistant between > >> >reboots (though the reboots and reassignments occur rarely). This > >> > reassigments play havoc for a real-time shop like mine where > >> > communication traffic from one network relys on the traffic > >> > comming from the other network. Now upon rebooting, it is > >> > required for me to check the eth's for proper assignments. > >> > smbinyon > >> > >> That is interesting, since I have two NIC cards, different brands, > >> and when I have rebooted, nothing moved. > > > >And I have 4 different brands of NICs. Any combination in which I had > >2 of them would stay the same until I upgraded the kernel. They would > >then switch ether postions. I finally swapped the cards in their > >slots and had no more trouble with them until I went to 7.2 and back > >to 7.1 (still using the same 2 NICs that were working fine for ages). > >I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet, but no hurry. My kludge > >works fine under all conditions. > > How about this in /etc/modules.conf: > > alias eth0 <modulename> > alias eth1 <othermodulename> > > No ambiguity there. It's a little trickier if you have two cards that > need the same module, but this command: > > /sbin/modprobe smc-ultra io=0x280,0x300 > > loads my SMC Ultras in a predictable order reliably. You mean like this? alias eth0 3c59x alias eth1 ne2k-pci This fails at boot currently, I do the ol' rmmod/insmod trick in rc.local and it works just great. I can fix it when I get off my butt and do so. But my rc.local trickery works and I don't have the motivation to get moving on it right now (neck pains, too much overtime, too many other things to tweak and play with). -- An NT server can be run by any idiot, and usually is. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
