From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 16 13:14:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA16880 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:14:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA16836 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:13:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@quickweb.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id QAA00245; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 16:15:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19980116161550.13813@vmunix.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 16:15:50 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: Font Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 identical nics - which is which? References: <19980116102821.09261@vmunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: ; from Font on Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 01:55:09PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 01:55:09PM -0600, Font wrote: [SNIP] > I suppose that maybe fxp3 is out of order because it's a shared slot or > something. I don't know much about how that works. But it seems > reasonable to assume that this could vary by PCI chipset, and so it's not > safe to assume any particular ordering; one could really mess up one's > static routing if one assumed wrongly. Indeed :-) > But you already know from your existing setup what the Ethernet addr of > your existing fxp is, so when you change de to fxp, you will know whether > you need to adjust your rc.conf. It's a lot easier with one addition! Good point. That's exactly what I'll do (just boot it and see if fxp0 stayed at the same ethernet address - if so, leave it; if not, change the card..) I could just modify my rc.conf, but it's probably easier to just swap the card :-) Thanks, -Mark > > A bug in my MUA causes news.announce.newusers font > to be sent to beneficiaries and senders of UCE/SPAM. @ > mcs.net > Wishes are like dishes. > > On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Mark Mayo wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:28:21 -0500 > > From: Mark Mayo > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: 2 identical nics - which is which? > > > > Hi, here's a silly question. I currently have a machine running that > > has a de0 and a fxp0 card in it. I want to replace the de0 card with > > another identical fxp one.. since they're both PCI, how do I know > > which card will become fxp0 and which will become fxp1 ?? I could > > just "try it out",, but I'd like to minimize downtime so if there is > > a way to know this in advance (slot position, etc.) I'd really love > > to know! > > > > TIA, > > -Mark > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com > > RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark > > > > finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to > > an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, > > written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU