Installing 2nd nic easy? I THINK NOT!! :(

[Squ]

I have a onboard broadcom 440 (or something) and its working perfectly, however i am trying to install a new PCI nic, a D-LINK DFE-528TX (Realtek RTL 8139 chipset).

I want the onboard to be eth0 (witch it is) and the D-Link to be eth1 (witch its trying to be).. i can reconfiged the kernel (2.6.4-rc1) with this new card..
Device Drivers --->
Networking support --->
Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) --->
RealTek RTL-8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support

I have tried both built in & module (seperatly ofcourse) and nither work, when i do /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start i get:
* Bringing eth1 up...
* Failed to bring eth1 up [ !! ]
No reason why.. and when i do a modprobe it says the module is already in the kernel..
ifconfig -a returns nothing but eth0 & lo

This hole 2nd nic is supposed to be simple right?

Anyone got any ideas? Please help!!
Also if i forgot any info, lemme know i will be happy to provide it.
Thanks!

[BradN]

Check what kind of card lspci reports it as being - sometimes chipsets change within the same card model number. lspci is in the pciutils package if you don't have it. If it also thinks it's an 8139, then run dmesg to see any boot messages related to the card.

Hopefully one of those should give a clue.

[Squ]

lspci wasnt returning anything relating to the NIC, so i put the card in pci slot #1 (was in 3) and now it works, perhaps slot #3 isnt working correctly? thx for your help