hello all i want to add another ethernet card to my linux box the same as the first one, kudzu doesn't help do u know haw to do it without reinstalling linux? (i use Redhat 7.1) tnx for your help ronen

basically just compile and then load the driver for the card (e.g. "modprobe 8139too" for a realtek; look in the kernel docs for others), it should be added as interface eth1. then, you can just do something like "ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.xxx up" and it should be up and running. alas, i don't know what the scripts that do modules/ifconfig at bootup, are called in redhat :,(

Redhat has 'linuxconf', usually it is quite easy to add a card, im not at a linux pc at the moment but i think it is along the lines of 'basic host information' and somewhere in there u can choose a card for eth1, if the kernel module in there doesnt suit your card then I suppose u can download one and install it... u most certainly dont have to reinstall linux tho, but I admit, adding new hardware should be made a lot easier... Damien.

Once the driver starts OK, .... On RH 7.1 the releant scripts can be created in: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts You should be able to look at file: ifcfg-eth0 to get an idea about how to setup eth1. I'd suggest not using any of the GUI front ends to get this going ......... Regards, Guy

well ..and the winner is:ddddummy, he gave me a tool to use and fortunaly i m using the realteck card, BUT, the card won't mount itself at boot time- i need 2 mount it by myself, of course i used the ifcfg-eth1 script and so.. i did it 2 use the ip masquarding and it works but for some reason i can not enter from windows a few sites that surly avaylable from the linux box and r ip musquarading from linux. do u know y? tnx ronen

Go in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory and edit the file ifcfg-eth1 with the following NIC parameters IPADDR="?.?.?.?" NETMASK="255.255.255.?" ONBOOT="yes" (? = your IP address and netmask)

Hi, I've got some probs too. I'm a newbie! Using RedHat7.2 got too cards both using 8139.too as they should now the prob: if I configure them (ip, netmask, hw address...) I've got an message at bootup SIOCSFFLAGGS: Cannot assign requested address got this message at both cards (got DSL and ppp0 start normal and get its connection) Read some Howto's doesn't help I try it now for weeks. Assign IO Base Adresses, IRQ's in modules.conf doesn't help, cause don't now how the 8139too got it parms for 2 cards (for one it function) options eth0 8139too io=0x???? irq=15 options eth1 8139too io=0x???? irq=11 ? - means: got some probs to get the right addresses (or could 0xe800, 0x2000, 0x4000 and so on ... be? don't think so) please help before I kill some programmers that make it not easy to use the "better" os ;-) Benny