gather information on NICs

I'm building an IPCop firewalll, and having some trouble getting all
the NICs (3 of them) configured. The 2 new NICs are in the IPCop
HCL, and IPCop finds a correct driver to use, so I don't think that's
the issue.

I think the issue is that 2 new NICs are the exact same make/model,
and may be trying to use the same IRQ or I/O address. IPCop's
configuration finds the built in NIC at eth0, and 1 of the 2 new ones
at eth1, but can't find the other one. I booted a PuppyLinux LiveCD
and had the same experience. eth0 and eth1 are all it finds.

Puppy has a gnetconfig program which allowed me to look up the
following information :
eth0 : IRQ 9, I/O 0xdf00
eth1 : IRQ 14, I/O 0x5000

The IPCop FAQs mention how to set up 2 NICs with separate IRQs and I/O.
http://www.ipcop.org/modules.php?
op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=5#q44

I think this is the next thing to try, but I don't know how to
determine what the correct values should be. I'd really appreciate
some input from someone who might have a 'next step' for me to try.
The tech support people at Airlink have been absolutely no help, but
I wasn't expecting much given that I spent 0.99 each for these cards.

thanks,
alex
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