gather information on NICs

[Eric "Shubes"]

Alex Dean wrote:
> 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 
> <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
> .
> 

Sounds to me like one of the cards may be bad. Have you tried each card 
by itself (with the onboard) to see if each is detected ok? Are these 
cards PCI or ISA?

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

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