On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 17:39 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 03:35 -0300, Cristiano Soares wrote: > > The thing is that when I turn off the server, disconnect cables and > > power, and move it to the right place the server changes the order of > > the eths itself. I can’t understand why. I don’t want it to charge the > > eths because I have the correct cable plug in to the right places. Can > > I change or prevent it from happening? > > First simple thing to try: When configuring your ethernet hardware, use > the option that binds its configuration to the NIC's MAC address. They > should each have a unique MAC. The GUI (at least) network configuration > tool provides an option for this that's easy enough to find. That's a good option. Notice the "--hwaddr" option for 'netconfig'. Also you can manually assign the device aliases to your cards in /etc/modprobe.conf, an example might be : alias eth0 tg3 alias eth1 sk98lin alias eth2 8139too
