[NTLUG:Discuss] almost solved Was: delaying eth1 initializatio [was: which one is eth0...

[Mark Bickel]

jc wrote:
> From: "m m" <llliiilll at hotmail.com>
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 20:15:00 PDT
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] almost solved Was: delaying eth1 initializatio [was: which one is eth0...
 
> Now, both NIC are assigned IP number, eth0 = 192.168.0.100 and eth1 = 
> 123.100.2.2 (just example, but has real public IP assigned) both of them 
> have gateway assigned, too. because both NIC are identical (3com 3c509), I 
> am going to hook up to the internet and private network, which card is eth0? 
> (don't tell me that eth0 is the one has io=0x280, irq=5, and the other has 
> io=0x380, irq=10, I know it.)
> the problem is which NIC is eth0? i need know it plug the right cable in.
> Mark has discuss all the logic concept, but he did not point out this 
> problem.
> am I right?

These 3c509 cards have the MAC (Media Acesss Controll a.k.a. "Hardware") address
silkscreened right on them. ifconfig reports the "HWaddr" for each interface.
Compare them.

Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com