Topic: Two ethernet card

[Christian Passarelli]

I have just installed SME server and I have the following problem. I have two eth cards that are same model.
When SME starts, it only open adapter inside local network and never starts adapter that connects to my router.

I think that the dup driver name is causing this error but I don't know how to set it up correctly.

Any help?

Thank you

[Lloyd Keen]

Having identical network cards won't cause any problems, you'll have to look at the network parameters for the NIC thats not loading (maybe set for DHCP and there's no DHCP server available???) You'll need to post more info for the card that's not loading.

[Dr. Strange]

I really dont think it is a dupe drive issue.  I use two of the exact same model of nics just fine.  I would suggest going in to your settings and switching the setting to flip the nics.  See if that corrects your issue.  I had the same problem at first but once I told the nics to switch everything worked fine.

[Christian Passarelli]

I have switched the eth config but no luck. It's strange because always the same adapter is not up (the one connected to the adsl router).
If I try to issue command "ifconfig eth1 up" the system answer "Host name lookup failure".
If I try a ping on the IP address of the non-working eth it answers "Destination host unreachable".

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Dr. Strange]

Try the card in a different slot or try a different card maybe

[Luc Langelier]

Sounds like it might also be a hardware conflict issue.

I have two ident nics and it works fine (3COM).

I highly recommend you get top of the line NIC if you want to dual nic your server.  I've had issues in the past with cheap NIC or non-PCI NIC not being recognized or not behaving properly.

[Christian Passarelli]

I am very happy, but also a little shame.

The second ethernet card was not running because of I was not using a cross wired cable between it and the router!!!!!

Thank you all for support....

Christian