I am having a problem with my NIC card under Debian woody. I have gotten the card to work under Redhat with no problems. With Debian I tried using the 8139too module but that doesn't work. Then I was told to use the rtl8139 module. When I do a insmod rtl8139, I don't receive any error messages. When I configure the network settings a do a ifup eth0, I get these messages:

SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable

When I execute ifconfig, I only see the loopback interface. Can someone help me?

thanks.

That error usually relates to an IRQ conflict. What do you see when you do cat/proc/interrupts?

I ended up downloading kernel version 2.4.17. Compiled and installed 8139too as a module. That works fine. But I ran into another problem. I have 2 NICs:

eth0: a NE2000 PCI compatibile
eth1: a Realtek NIC

Each module loads with no errors. I configured the interfaces script and assigned an IP to each NIC.

I can't reach the Internet if both NICs are up. I have to disable one of them in order to reach the Internet.

I can run "ifdown eth0" or "ifdown eth1." I doesn't matter which one is down, the Internet will work if only one NIC is active.

What did I do wrong?

buttnutt.

i'd guess you're running both NIC's no the same subnet. this is illegal, and specifically prohibited under unix. you should have tehm on separate networks, eg:

eth0: 196.168.0.1/255.255.255.0
eth1: 196.168.1.1/255.255.255.0

you can get around it using ethernet bridging, but it's not good practise.