[realtek] problems using 2 cards with rtl8139

[Donald R. Laster Jr.]

Sebastian,

  Double check your IP addresses assigned to the ethernet
interfaces.  It almost sounds like both interfaces are using the
same IP address which might present a problem.

  Is "alias eth1 rtl9139" a typo?

                 Don Laster Jr.

Sebastian Frankfurt wrote:
> 
> Hello ;-)
> 
> I am using RH7.0 with Kernel 2.2.18. If I use one network adapter
> with the realtek 8139 chipset everything is working, but if I
> add another adaptor to that machine, the cards stopped working:
> 
> I added:
> alias eth0 rtl8139
> alias eth1 rtl9139
> 
> to /etc/modules.conf
> 
> The interfaces eth0/eth1 are up.
> If I run a ping on that machine, both adaptors response, but
> if I try to ping a different machine on the network, nothing
> happened.
> There are no kernel messages (/var/log/syslog) or tty-msgs.
> 
> And also, a ping from another machine to that one is not
> working as well. It seems, as if the machine with the 2 adaptors
> is not existent inside the network.
> 
> I tried to download and compile the new driver, but on Redhat 7.0
> there are too much errors, so I tried using the 8139too on a
> Kernel 2.4.6, but it is the sae problem -> no messages and the
> machine is unreachable inside the network.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> thanx,
> 
> Sebastian
> 
> PS: please make a cc to fortune@gmx.de 'cause I'm not on the list ;-)
> 
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