Multiple Network Interfaces
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Rather you install netatalk or netatalk-asun (appletalk over tcp/ip), you
can run both atalk and tcp/ip over the same interface. You do not need
another card.
"Damien" <dee...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:tKRK5.3883$KY1....@news1.rivrw1.nsw.optushome.com.au...
> Hi,
> I have a linux box with Slackware 7.1 and I currently have 2 NICs one
> for my cable modem and the second for a local inet ethernet network. I
want
> to add an Appletalk network to the linux box, that is I want to be able to
> access the internet from a Macintosh. The problem I am having is that I
only
> have 2 network interfaces, eth0 and eth1, (ie Appletalk is different from
> tcp/ip and has to have at least a different network interface to bind to.)
I
> would like another interface possibly eth2, so I can either add a third
card
> or bind eth2 to one of the other cards (probably the one connected to the
> local ethernet). I think the second option is the best as it would
probably
> be the simplest to do. So I need to bind a 2nd ethernet interface to a
> existing (and working) ethernet card. I have the following
/etc/modules.conf
> file
>
> alias eth0 smc-ultra
> alias eth1 wd
> alias eth2 smc-ultra
> options smc-ultra io=0x280
> options wd io=0x300
>
> Having restarted, ifconfig lists eth0, eth1 and lo, but no eth2.... and if
I
> do a ifconfig eth2 .... it says
>
> eth2:error fetching interface information: device not found
>
> I have looked in a few howtos, Ethernet, Net and networking but unless I
> have missed it, not found anything about binding multiple ethernet
> interfaces to the one card. So if anyone has any ideas or suggestions
please
> reply...
>
>
> Thanks,
> Damien
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