Dual NIC with crossover cable?


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For us linux n00bs, could you list the commands to setup the second nic. 

 

Google search is your friend in this case.  I have not done this manually myself, though I know someone on these forums has.  Maybe do some searching around to see if you can find his post.

 

But for a quick idea on what you need to do try this page.  the ifconfig eth0 part is the one you need to look at.  For setting up the second nick you will need to probably use eth1 instead of eth0.

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Did you get the second NIC working?  Also, many newer hardware auto detects if it needs to do "cross over", so you may not even need a special cable (depending on your NICs used).

 

 

I'm putting together a ZFS box, so I have not had a chance to play with the NICs. My new TV server moved to the HT last weekend, so UnRaid and the TV Box are no longer in the same room. I will have to move the drives to the new ZFS box in stages, so they will all be together again at some point. I may play with the crossover cable then.

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