Slackware - 2nd Network Card

[Evil Jeff]

I have a network card set up in Slackware (current - just before 8.0, still 7.1 range), having used netconfig. I have a second network card. Does anyone know how to set up a second card (eth1, the first is eth0) in slackware? I don't have ifup, so I can't automatically configure it. And I don't know how to read code so I can't check the ifup scripts' code. I haven't been able to find anything yet so I can't even rtfm. Anyone have any advice?

Evil Jeff
www.hellincorporated.com (http://www.hellincorporated.com)

[armando86]

Does eth1 use a static IP or DHCP? For a static IP just type ifconfig eth1 YOURIP. If eth1 usese DHCP then use the dhcpcd command (check the man page for details). Then put whatever command you used in /etc/rc.d/rc.local so that it takes place every time you boot up.

[berb]

Assuming that the driver is installed for the card you can issue:
ifconfig -i eth1 (ip.you.want.it.to.be) up
and the command will set up the rest, UNLESS as above it is an external interface (goes out to the NET), rather than an internal (LAN) connection.

[Evil Jeff]

Thanks. It's an internal nic, but it has an outside connection. I'm on a dhcp network, so I'll just rtfm for dhcpd. Thanks for the pointers.

Evil Jeff
www.hellincorporated.com (http://www.hellincorporated.com)

[jbstew32]

reading the fsking manual sucks bad...but when u do, you know a whole lot more :)

the pain is worth it...

[bdl]

FYI -

The network script for slackware is /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 and this file takes the parms for ifconfig in setting up your network. If you read the file over I'm sure you can see how to add a second NIC to the file, and there are is also a bit about DHCP there as well.

[Strike]

Originally posted by Evil Jeff:
<STRONG>Thanks. It's an internal nic, but it has an outside connection. I'm on a dhcp network, so I'll just rtfm for dhcpd. Thanks for the pointers.

Evil Jeff
www.hellincorporated.com (http://www.hellincorporated.com)</STRONG>
Careful there are two apps that sound very similar that perform opposite functions - dhcpd (DHCP Daemon, issues addresses to clients on a network), and dhcpcd (DHCP Client Daemon, my DHCP client of choice with dhclient following second). So, make sure you grab the client (dhcpcd) and not the server (dhcpd)

[Evil Jeff]

Thanks for the warning, Strike. I'll be careful on that :). I'll check the /etc/rc.d/ scripts and see if I can't figure it out from there.

Wow, from newbie to Slackware and manual eth1 setup (without the ease of ifup) in less than a year. All hail the command line power of slackware! &lt;zombie eyes&gt; Join us...&lt;/zombie eyes&gt;

Evil Jeff
www.hellincorporated.com (http://www.hellincorporated.com)