[rescue] NICs?

[Eric Webb]

On Thursday 11 April 2002 07:25 pm, you wrote:
> ARGH!
>
> Anyone got a spare sbus network card, cheap?  (AUI or TP ok.)
>
> I've trying to get DSL up, but the router (a 486 running linux) doesn't
> seem to want to let me run two ISA bus ne2000 cards!  Every time I try and
> bring up the second nic (eth1), I lose contact with the lan over the first
> card (eth0).  Both cards detected at boot ok, and I can either use RP PPPoE
> to access the WAN (eth1), or access the LAN (eth0), but not both.

Hmm, I used to do this on a 486/120 on a VLB mobo.  The two nics were ISAs.  
You are aware of the line needed in lilo for multi-nic operation, right?

Are they sharing IRQs or addresses (maybe a stupid question, but worth 
asking)?

-E.