Re: [tlug] debian networking

[simon colston <simon@example.com>]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>>>>>>"simon" == simon colston <simon@example.com> writes:
> 
> 
> Thanks for the response Paul.  This is the output from lspci -v :
> 
>     simon> 0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EM
>     simon> Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
> 
> The controllers are claimed to be identical as are the capabilities,
> but the first card has 2 banks of memory, the second only 1.  Do you
> really have gigabit both local and global?  Are the cards not
> identical as far as you know?  If the answer to both is "yes", there's
> no problem.  If the answer is no, either the hardware/firmware or the
> software is broken.
> 
The only difference between the two is that one is on-board.  Maybe 
that's the one that isn't recognised.

Anyway, fiddling with the spoofprotect in options seems to have done the 
trick.

Many thanks,

Simon