Re: [TCLUG:22457] Switching Ethernet Cards

[Perry Hoekstra <dutchman@uswest.net>]

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> 
> You create an entry in /etc/conf.modules (or /etc/modules.conf) that aliases
> the driver to the interface.
> 
> alias eepro100 eth0
> 
> I believe this is the syntax.  I usually load modules explicitly instead of
> letting kmod do it, so it has been awhile since I attempted it.
> 

Should I have seen a reference to eth0 when the system started up?  I
looked at the /var/log/messages file and could see no reference to
eth0.  Doing an ifconfig revealed only lo and tap0.

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Perry Hoekstra
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