[CentOS] Two ethernet adapters and more

Mon Jan 23 22:36:23 UTC 2006
Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>

On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 17:29 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Craig, you are always such a wonderful source of help.
> 
> At 05:14 PM 1/23/2006, Craig White wrote:
> >On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 16:57 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > >
> > > So question #1 is how to use netconfig to setup eth1 without 
> > messing with eth0.
> >----
> >don't know - never used it.
> >
> >try...
> >
> >cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
> >cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth1
> >
> >and then edit ifcfg-eth1 to your liking
> 
> VI here I come!  At least now I know which files to work with.
> 
> >----
> > >
> > > #2)     NETCONFIG did not setup my hostname and domain.  I had to go
> > > in with VI to resolv.conf and sysconfig/network.  Is there a tool for this?
> >----
> >simply edit /etc/sysconfig/network
> >
> >change the hostname to anything you want it to be - suggest that you
> >make sure this entry also exists in /etc/hosts
> >
> >Also when using 2 eth devices per above, set the gateway address here...
> >
> >GATEWAYDEV=eth0 # fix for your situation
> >GATEWAY=ip_addr_of_gateway
> 
> Do these go in sysconfig/network  ?
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YES
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> 
> > >
> > > #3)     How do I figure out which board is which.  Other than looking
> > > at the MAC address and using PCISNIFFER to then relate that to one of
> > > the boards (well, one 'builtin').  Also how do I determine which
> > > board is using which IRQ.
> >----
> >dmesg|less
> >
> >or
> >
> >lspci -vv
> 
> The later has given me somethings to work with.  Plus also some help 
> on moding the zaptel config files from some wiki stuff I have seen on 
> zaptel clones.
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good

Craig