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[cwhitten@xxxxxxxxx (Chad Whitten)]

start yast
system administration > network configuration > Network Base Configuration 
add the second nic card, activate it, give it an ip address
then go to system administration > Integrate new hardware >  Configure
networking device > and let it know that eth1 is a 3com 509.  Since the code is
compiled in the kernel, it shouldnt have to load any other mods or anything.  

I have always had better luck using two different kinds of nics for this, but I
know it will work using the same nics.  Heck I have seen a box that has 5 nics
in it (all the same)

 On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Mark B Withers wrote:
> Hello everybody!
> 
> I'm trying to set-up multiple network cards to work under S.u.S.E.
> 6.1.
> 
> I had to re-compile my kernel in order to use my machine as a
> gateway/firewall and wish to enable bridging between the two nic's.
> They are both 3 Com 509's, but for some reason the kernel will only
> recognise one under the new "experimental (to me)" kernel 2.2.16.
> 
> My original kernel (2.2.5) will recognise both nics and seems to use
> modules for the driver. On the newer kernel I loaded the nic driver as
> a builtin and therefore there is no module.
> 
> Should I recompile the kernel and use modules for the nic cards
> instead?
> 
> Thanks for listening!
> 
> Mark 
> 
> 
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