[tulip] Using multiple DFE-570TX

[Dan Hollis]

On 11 xxx -1, Raphael GEYER wrote:
> >I've put 4 quad tulip cards in a PC once (16 ethernet ports) and it
> >worked.
> Could you give more informations about that, what are the used IRQs, how
> are they shared by the cards ?

They are shared however BIOS decides it.

> Can it be a driver problem ?

Unlikely.

> I use 2 cards A and B. If I configure A1 with 192.168.1.101 and A2 with
> 192.168.1.102, I can ping both IPs. But if I cut one link I have 2 cases
> no IP can be pinged or both works.
> Strange isn't it ?

Nope. Linux only answers ARP for a specific network out one device by
default.

Try putting each ethernet port on a different network number (eg
192.168.1.101 and 192.168.2.101).

-Dan