two ethernet cards in a linux box

[Dan Demus]

   > I use TWO NE-2000 clone cards.  I configure the first at i/o 300 irq 5, and
   > the second at i/o 340 irq 14.

   Linux is currently designed to only check for one particular card.  If
   you had two _different_ ethernet cards, Linux would find them via
   autoprobe, without a problem.  E.g., if you had an NE2000 and a 3c509,
   Linux would find both cards.

   You needed to make modifications because you have two of the same
   card, and the current ethernet drivers aren't made to probe for more
   than one card.  This might be considered a bug, by some. ;)

If you read the Ethernet HOWTO, I believe you will find that it is
possible to configure ethernet devices w/ lilo.

		Dan Demus
		dan at paragon.com