Installing or Upgrading NetWare Client Software
Using Two Network Boards
With two network boards of the same type, the network board which is listed first in the NET.CFG file is the one that IPX uses as primary.
Also, if you do not specify two Link Driver sections, a driver will not be loaded for the second network board, and that board will be ignored.
See “Link Driver Option” in Chapter 2 of NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows Technical Reference for information.
If you use two Micro Channel* or EISA network boards that use the same driver (such as two NE3200™ or two 3C523 LAN drivers), you must still specify a Link Driver section in the NET.CFG file for each network board. However, instead of specifying the hardware settings used on the network board, you can specify the “slot” setting.
The “slot” setting does not indicate the load order. It tells the driver where the network board is located. The driver then scans the network board and determines what hardware settings are in use.
For example, for two NE32000 LAN drivers, you might include the following lines in the NET.CFG file:
link driver ne3200 slot 2
frame ethernet_802.2 frame ethernet_802.3
link driver ne3200 slot 1
frame ethernet_802.2 frame ethernet_802.3
In this example, the network board in slot 2 becomes the primary board because the driver for it is loaded first.
To change which network board is primary, reorder the “Link Driver” sections. For example, to set the network board in slot 1 as primary, you would type
link driver ne3200
slot 1
frame ethernet_802.2