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Hi

Im running RH6.2 with two nics (nic0 is a digital de500 and nic1 is a
3c905-tx)

Both interfaces come up with seperate ip addresses but eth1 is using the
nic0 card, e.g. on eth1 my dsl line will dialup pppoe but nic1 isn't
connected to the modem and nic0 is. Also, from win98 I can ping eth1
when nic1 isn't connected to the network.

below are conf.modules and lilo.conf.

conf.modules:
****
alias eth0 de4x5
alias eth1 3c59x
options de4x5 io=0xfc00 irq=11
options 3c59x io=0xfcc0 irq=10
****

lilo.conf
****
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
prompt
timeout=50
linear
default=linux
append="ether=10,fcc0-fcff,eth1 ether=11,fc00-fc7f,eth0"
****

Without the append= in lilo.conf I couldn't get both interfaces to come
up but Im wondering if I have a syntax error or something.  I've been
through /proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports but dont see any conflicts
and I've used the 3com config disk to set up the 3com nic.

ifconfig looks like this with dsl dialedup.  Ipaddresses x'd to protect
the innocent.  Note that eth1 has no ip address since dsl ppp0 is using
it.

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:F8:06:01:0D
          inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1255 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xfc00

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:08:42:12:B0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xfcc0

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX  P-t-P:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
          RX packets:436 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:444 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:10

Any hints/tips/detailed instructions (cause Im not too bright) would be
appreciated. - Rusty

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This won't work.  The "io=" and "irq=" options are only for ISA drivers.
Passing unknown options will prevent a driver module from loading.

Quote:>lilo.conf
..
>append="ether=10,fcc0-fcff,eth1 ether=11,fc00-fc7f,eth0"

This is also wrong, although harmless.  The driver will just ignore these
settings.  The syntax would be
  append="ether=10,0xfcc0,eth1 ether=11,0xfc00,eth0"

Quote:>Without the append= in lilo.conf I couldn't get both interfaces to come
>up but Im wondering if I have a syntax error or something.  I've been

You must have the drivers built into your kernel.
The syntax error was harmless -- the IRQ and I/O base settings are ignored.

Quote:>through /proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports but dont see any conflicts
>and I've used the 3com config disk to set up the 3com nic.

Ackk!! You shouldn't have needed to do that.  In some cases newer 3Com setup
programs will leave the EEPROM settings in a state that older Linux drivers
will not work with.  (We can't predict what format 3Com will use in the
future!)  The default setting should always work.

Quote:>ifconfig looks like this with dsl dialedup.  Ipaddresses x'd to protect
>the innocent.  Note that eth1 has no ip address since dsl ppp0 is using
>it.
..
>eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:08:42:12:B0
>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
...
>ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
>          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
>          RX packets:436 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:444 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

This looks like a PPPoE configuration problem, not a driver problem.

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