[lug] eth0 puzzle

Calvin Dodge caldodge at gmail.com
Thu Jan 11 11:46:17 MST 2007


On 1/11/07, gordongoldin at netscape.net <gordongoldin at netscape.net> wrote:
>
>  I had a FC3 server at a remote site.  It has 2 NIC cards:  Intel gigabit
> and D-Link
>
>  eth0 goes to Intel gigabit and uses DHCP
>  eth1 goes to D-Link and uses static
>
>  Always the same - can get on locally but cannot get out on eth0.
>
>  Any ideas?

What does /etc/modprobe.conf show for eth0 and eth1?  I've seen the
NIC enumeration order reverse for no discernable reason, and that
really goofed up 2-NIC systems like yours.

In addition, what's the result of "dmesg|grep eth"?
Calvin



More information about the LUG mailing list