[KLUG Members] Replacing NIC in SuSE server

Bruce Smith bruce at armintl.com
Sun Dec 25 20:25:07 EST 2005


> I'm in the middle of rearranging my home network to accommodate
> Comcast HSI. :-)
>
> I'm want to have 4 *different* NICs in my IPCop box for the four
> networks: Red, Green, Blue, and Orange.
>
> I need to replace the NIC in my Samba server, so I can use that old
> NIC in my IPCop box.
>
> Is there anything I need to do on the SuSE 9.3 box? Before? After?
> Does SuSE automagically start working?

Assuming that your SuSE 9.3 box is your Samba server, and you are  
replacing a NIC in that box ...

If the new NIC doesn't work out of the box, you may need to go into  
Yast and configure the new NIC (and delete the old NIC, if it's still  
there).  No big deal.

  - BS



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