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Title:Linux, the Free Operating System
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Created:Fri Feb 11 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:609
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594.0. "DE200 and SMC 8432 together?" by ANGST::legoe.zko.dec.com::angst.zko.dec.com::marshall () Fri Apr 18 1997 20:27

In one of my machines at home I have two ethernet adapters, one is a
DE200 and the other is made by SMC and is based around the tulip (21040) 
chip.  I can't get both to work at the same time with Linux!!!!  I have
both working just fine with Windows NT so its pretty certain it is not a
hardware problem.
   If I build a kernels with just the DE200 they work find and if I build
kernels with just the DE4x5 driver they work fine but if I build a kernel
with both only the DE200 is seen.  I have tried creating a loadable 
module with the DE4x5 and that seemed to find the device when using the
kernel with the DEPCA driver but I was unable to ping or anything else
using the SMC adapter.

Anyone have any ideas?

Chris
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594.1SMURF::GILLUMKirt GillumTue May 13 1997 03:165
    
    As a late reply, it's probably an IRQ problem.  There's some ewrk3
    config utility lying around somewhere.  Use that and change the DE200's
    IRQ to something else (I hate the ISA bus).
    
594.2SMURF::GILLUMKirt GillumWed May 14 1997 00:1610
    
    Actually, there's some magic you have to do to use two Ethernet
    adapters (I've never done it).  See the Ethernet HOWTO...
    
    On RedHat Linux (if you have the docs installed)...
    
    	zless /usr/doc/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.gz
    
    Search for section 3.2.