only one nic

[new2slack]

Hello,

I have just installed slackware, and for some reason only one NIC was detected. There are two in there, both of them 3coms. What do I need to activate the second?

 

[pupu]

Some time ago, it was necessary to recompile kernel and compile drivers into it (not as a module)...

 

[Morsing]

You need to pass some information to the kernel if it's built into the kernel:

in lilo put:

append="ether=0,0,eth1"

and run lilo. Don't know how to do it with modules on slackware.

Cheers Henrik Morsing
IBM Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration

 

[new2slack]

many thanks, will this a try.

 

[HeyZuess]

if they are the same model of nic this should be easy - no need to compile/load whatever anything to pick it up.

just check in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 for an line that executes ifconfig. duplicate that line but hardcode the ip and subnet mask etc for the nic.

ie: /sbin/ifconfig eth1 192.168.10.1 broadcast 192.168.10.255 netmask 255.255.255.0