On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:02:33PM -0600, Dave Kleist wrote: > Something in my feeble brain seems to remember reading something about > using two identical NIC cards in a box makes it more difficult to set up a > firewall. Is this right or am I just mishmashing stuff in my brain? Depends on the cards. With the Intel EtherExpress Pro PCI. I slapped 3 of 'em on the bus, booted with an appropriate kernel, and it Just Worked without any problems. But another time I tried some old PnP ISA cards and had no success at all. ISTR reading somewhere that that's the general pattern: Multiple similar PCI cards will generally work fine, but with ISA cards, it's going to be a pain (if it's even possible). -- SGI products are used to create the 'Bugs' that entertain us in theatres and at home. - SGI job posting Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+