Timothy Murphy wrote:
thomas62186218@xxxxxxx wrote:
In addition to the entries in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth? and /etc/modprobe.conf mentioned by others,
I'm sceptical about /etc/modprobe.conf; "alias etho fred" says that when I "ifconfig eth0: there's an automatic modprobe for fred.
fred will load and grab any NIC it can drive, and I expect that all the NICs on the mobo are driven by the same driver.
I think udev can affect the naming of interfaces,
I'm sure you're right. It's a complication I'm trying to ignore:-)
as determined eg on my system by the entries in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules .
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