nic problems

Hi
after some furthur investigations seems my problems are due to a routing
bug in the kernel (app its been noticed in 9.3 and 10.0 too).
However i did get the other nic'c ( atleast have been able to try one) by
doing the following -
- after starting the nic (ifup eth1) noticed in the routing tables that the
network IP was being specified for that particular nic but default gateway
was not. Hence added this manually " route add default gw 132.186.85.10 dev
eth1".
- also noticed that link-local IP's ( 169.254.0.0 - 255.255.0.0) were not
added for eth1 tough these were specified for existing( workking) nic eth0
.. So added this too "route add -net link-local netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth1".
- thereafter ping from this nic is going thru a bit better , say every 3rd
ping , rather than just none or only one. And more importantly this does
not affect the other working nic.
- however where i check the MAC ID on my windows m/c "arp -a" shows that
both IPs are mapped to the same MAC - the first working one eth0. This
even though ifconfig shows the IP's mapped to the correct mac id's. Same
too shows up on another linux m/c

Any suggestions?
a very confused Carlos

Carlos,

It appears that in the past few days you have not received a response to your
posting. That concerns us, and has triggered this automated reply.

Has your problem been resolved? If not, you might try one of the following options:

- Do a search of our knowledgebase at http://support.novell.com/search/kb_index.jsp
- Check all of the other support tools and options available at
http://support.novell.com.
- You could also try posting your message again. Make sure it is posted in the
correct newsgroup. (http://support.novell.com/forums)

Be sure to read the forum FAQ about what to expect in the way of responses:
http://support.novell.com/forums/faq_general.html

If this is a reply to a duplicate posting, please ignore and accept our apologies
and rest assured we will issue a stern reprimand to our posting bot.

Good luck!

Your Novell Product Support Forums Team
http://support.novell.com/forums/