On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 11:46:24AM +0100, olearypj at rte.ie mentioned:
> BTW , I seem to remember reading in a HOWTO that getting Linux to accept 2 NICS
> was possible but not easy?
I've had ten nics in a linux box, without problems, all passing traffic
at great speed.
What you can have problems with, is adding new NICs. You never know what
is eth0 afterwards - is it the old eth0, or the new card.
John
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