On 8/11/05, Keith Fernandez kpfernz@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@thenilgiris.com wrote:
how does OS decides which card to call eth0 or so
on? depends on the bios, but you can change the order by configuring your modules.conf or conf.modules file
What if there are 3 PCI cards with the same specs, say Intel 10/100 cards, each using the same eepro100 drivers, Any idea on what would be eth0, eth1 and eth2?? The reason I am asking is that I faced this scenario and used the trial/error method giving each interface an IP and then testing to see If I was able to ping the gateway..
You should use mii-tool for testing the links instead of testin g it with ping. its very simple with mii-tool. just connect the network cable only to any 1 ethx and type mii-tool you can see which interface is connected.
Regards,
Keith
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