I am using the same configuration but for something different and it works fine. Redhat figures out all that stuff if it is a card. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "speakup e-mail list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:13 PM Subject: Multiple Network Cards > I know, this is more generic than speakup, but I'm wanting to hook up two > network cards to one of my linux boxes. Using one to connect to a > broadband modem and the other for my inside local area network. > > I don't invision real problems configuring the two separate interfaces > (eth0 and eth1) but do wonder about putting two similar network cards on > the same bus. I'm thinking about IRQ conflicts, I/O base addresses and > all that good stuff. This is not a plug and pray setup, but the cards are > "jumperless" where I would configure them from a provided DOS utility. > > Have any of you brains out there done this? how did it go for you? Will > there really be any problems configuring separate cards in the same > machine like this? I would think this would be a trivial matter for any > machine that works as a gateway or router. > > Thanks for any help. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
