eth1 dilema
 

Hello all

I am having problems getting my machine w/multiple NIC's configured.

I am running Slackware 8.0 kernel 2.4.5

The 2 NIC's are:
D-Link DFE=530TX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet (NC100 V2)

ifconfig shows eth0 and the card that the is working is the NE (NC100 V2) but the D-Link is not being seen on reboot.

ifconfig -a shows eth0 & eth1.

I have tried uncommenting the following in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules

/sbin/modprobe tulip //NE adapter
/sbing/modprobe via-rhine //D-link adapter

when I uncommented the via-rhine chipset I was then able to see the other card w/ifconfig -a but I'm trying to make these changes permemant as opposed to having to ifconfig up eth1 each time.

Doing some research I've found that adding the following:

append = "ether=0,0,eth1"

to lilo.conf was supposed to do the trick but it doesn't so I then recompiled the kernel and enabled both:

DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI support &
VIA Rhine support

but still no luck.

Does anyone know how I could enable my D-Link adapter and then netconfig each adapter so that the changes are permanent please please please? I've been at this for 4 days so far and I give up......well, not really, but I can't think of anything else or find anything else on the net.

thx sooo much in advance

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