[SOLVED] Two NIC, only one shows up??

glenn69 · 02-09-2010, 12:42 PM

I have a new Debian system installed in a machine. The computer contains 2 NICs. Both were recognized during installation, however eth0 was designated as the primary card.

After installation, however, only eth0 shows up when I type ifconfig. ifup eth1 results in "ignoring unknown interface eth1=eth1"

How do I use the second NIC?

Thanks

nicedream · 02-09-2010, 01:02 PM

Does the second interface show up when you run 'ifconfig -a'?

glenn69 · 02-09-2010, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Does the second interface show up when you run 'ifconfig -a'?

Yes it does show up

nicedream · 02-09-2010, 01:16 PM

What does your /etc/network/interfaces file look like?

glenn69 · 02-09-2010, 01:27 PM

/etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

iface eth1 inet dhcp

glenn69 · 02-09-2010, 01:31 PM

Fixed :

I added

auto eth1 and restarted networking

Thanks