[olug] Two Network Cards

[Will Langford]

>  I guess it depends on the order in which the ports are detected.
>  In 10 years of working with Debian-based OSes, the eth numbering
>  has always matched the numbers stamped on the back of the machine
>  next to each plug.

If they're two different makes, you can use 'alias ethX drivername',
and most distros will get ya loaded appropriately.

If they're the same make, you're at the mercy of the module's probe
order unless you take extra steps.

The man page:

http://www.fifi.org/cgi-bin/man2html/usr/share/man/man5/interfaces.5.gz

Shows that you can use 'hwaddress' to possibly specify a mac address
to work from.

-Will