On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 11:25 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > David Hoffman wrote: > > On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:06:28 -0500 (EST), William Hooper > > <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>David Hoffman said: > >> > >>>On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 12:21:46 -0500, Sameer Kamat <sameer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hi, > >>>>Would anyone know how to force the system to assign a specific > >>>>network card a specific eth device. Is there a file/ setting that can be > >>>>adjusted to force this operation.? > >>>> > >>> > >>>I had this problem with my system. I wanted to use my 100-base-T > >>>connection for the link to the router, but wanted my Gigabit connection for > >>>the LAN side. But when I did the install, they were reversed. > >> > >>I really think for that example that swapping the cables would be the > >>easiest solution. > >> > > > > > > I hope that was meant to be humerous. > > > > Swapping cables is one thing, but what about having to go into any of > > a dozen places in your system and swapping eth0 with eth1? > > Some of us have developed pretty elaborate firewall rules, not to > > mention many other configurations that point to particular interfaces. > > Maybe if this was a brand new installation that might work, but not in > > all cases. > > Have you tried using the "HWADDR=" bit in the ifcfg-ethx scripts? That would have no effect on what the interface is named at module load time. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > - - > - To err is human. To forgive, a large sum of money is needed. - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
