2nd NIC

[Nils Kassube]

jack wrote:
> I plugged in the 2nd nic card,  but it won't light.
> dmesg|grep eth1 shows
> e1000: eth1: e1000 probeL Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
>
> ifup eth1 returns
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>
> /etc/network/interfaces has
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet dhcp

While the kernel first gives it the name eth1 it might be renamed 
afterwards. Check the file /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules 
where there might be a different association between MAC address and 
interface name. Maybe the real name is eth2 or something else.


Nils