Setting up ethernet cards in Slackware
I am trying to turn an old computer I found in a trash bin near the dorms I live into a linux firewall. I installed Slackware 9.1 onto it, not problem, well no problem except the ethernet cards. I have two 3com Fast Etherlink XL cards in the machine right now. When I type ifconfig it gives me the following message:
Link encap: Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask: 255.0.0.0
UP Loopback Running MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:100 (100.0b) TX bytes:100 (100.0b)
Now most articles I have read so far say it should say something about eth0 and then some other things. One thing to note is that I haven't plugged this computer into the network yet. So my question is:
1. Is this normal and good?
2. How do I get the second ethernet card setup?(I assume from the dialog I get that only one device is possibly recognized)
Thanks in advance
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