* Mark Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Jul 17. 2002 13:27]: > Hello colin, > > Wednesday, 17 July 2002, you wrote: > > cwcu> Hi all, > > cwcu> My latest wheeze will involve adding a second network card to a server. > cwcu> Anybody any thoughts on whether its easier to add a second card of the > cwcu> same type or a different one? It will be internet facing, running DHCP > cwcu> while the internal card has a static address. > > If they are different drivers it's easier to distinguish which > interface is which in modules.conf. Anyone know how to distinguish 2 > cards using the same driver. i.e. to make sure that the interfaces are > always allocated to the same card even after a reboot? >
I don't think this is possible, I've always found that the cards are discovered in a predictable order, apparently based upon the PCI busses. It would be possible, if the cards were getting their IP addresses from a DHCP server, cos you can allocate addresses based upon the MAC address of the card. HTH Kevin -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
