second network card

[Rick Stevens]

John Dean wrote:
> For one the device name changes everytime I reboot, second it doesn't allow
> me to select it in the network panel, only shows eth0 to eth9.

Find out which module loads for the second card (lsmod), then make sure
you have an "alias eth1 module-name" line in /etc/modules.conf.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Vian" <jvian10 at charter.net>
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 9:06 AM
> Subject: Re: second network card
> 
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>>John Dean wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm trying to setup a second network card under fedora 1. The problem is
>>>that it gets detected and setup as device "dev3051" not eth1. How can I
> 
> make
> 
>>>fedora detect the network card as eth1.
>>>
>>>I know the card is working as I can active it using "ifconfig dev3051
>>>192.168.0.200" and then ping the interface.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>So why worry about the name.  just set it up in the network config panel
>>I have had  more trouble trying to change things than using them the way
>>the system sees them.
>>
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>>>
>>>
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