[ale] eth0 vs eth1

[Marc Torres]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, "Gary S. Mackay" wrote:
> > 
> > Here's a weird one. I have a 3com NIC in my linux server/masq box. Working
> > fine. I added a second NIC (tried smc-ultra and rtl8139) and no matter how I
> > configure conf.modules, the 3com NIC always comes up as eth0. I wanted it to
> > stay connected to my internal lan and the cheapy card to be connected to the
> > cable-modem to be installed tomorrow, oops, today. Is this tuesday? All of the
> > NICs work fine, I just can not get the 3com one to be eth1. Any ideas? For now
> > I will connect it to the cable modem and the rtl8139 to my internal 100mbit
> > lan.

	I do the following on my firewalls in conf.modules in the
	first few lines include:

# Aliases - specify your hardware
alias eth0 3c509
alias eth1 tulip

	That way I get the inside/outside the way I want it :)

	--marct
	marct at mindspring.com


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