From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cambridgebroadband.com (mailhost.cambridgebroadband.com [217.204.121.83]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C27DDE02 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:32:09 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <45DB146A.7010302@cambridgebroadband.com> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:31:54 +0000 From: Alex Zeffertt MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Manjunath AM , linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: enabling two eths References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Manjunath AM wrote: > > Hi, > > We are using MPC8272 based target board, we use montavista Linux version > 2.6.10 kernel image (with NFS enabled) to our target board, > > Our board has 2 FCCs (eth0 and eth1). bot the eth's works perfectly > when we use them independently, but when we are trying to enable second > one after the kernel is up using linux command "ifconfig eth1 > 192.168.33.64 up"(IP address)nothing is working. > Please suggest how to enable second eth (either 0 or 1) once the kernel > is up with NFS file system Have you made sure that eth0 and eth1 are on *different* IP subnets? If they are on the same subnet, or intersecting subnets, your routing will get confused.