Re: Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-04 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 01:28:31PM +1100, Rod Whitworth said that > So it's easy to remember 0 is for 0utside, 1 is for 1nside and 2 is for > 2ervers. that is really nice actually. now i appreciate the blanket numbering more. -f -- has a room temperature iq.

Re: Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-04 Thread Gregory Edigarov
On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:00:10 -0500 "Jean H. Theoret" wrote: > This one's got me stumped for a few days now... > > How is it possible to control the network interface numbering > assignment order? > > Here's my specific case: the box has 2 on-board Ethernet interfaces > and a 3rd one on a PCI-Exp

Re: Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-03 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:30:22 -0500, Nick Holland wrote: >If you are in great stress over an expected failure mode, you are doing >something wrong...and it happened long before the NIC failed. Hardware >fails. Be ready for it. Save stress for unexpected modes of failure I remember telling this

Re: Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-03 Thread Nick Holland
On 02/03/11 14:14, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 10:24:55PM -0500, Nick Holland said that >> problems which are easy to fix. Having worked with similar problems >> (and their recovery) on other OSs...ick. > > talking about other OS's and risking making a fool of myself, >

Re: Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-03 Thread Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
On 02/02/2011 11:00 AM, Jean H. Theoret wrote: > This one's got me stumped for a few days now... > > How is it possible to control the network interface numbering assignment > order? > > Here's my specific case: the box has 2 on-board Ethernet interfaces and > a 3rd one on a PCI-Express card. Th

Re: Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-03 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 10:24:55PM -0500, Nick Holland said that > problems which are easy to fix. Having worked with similar problems > (and their recovery) on other OSs...ick. talking about other OS's and risking making a fool of myself, what do the others think about the new scheming fedo

Re: Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-02 Thread Ted Unangst
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Jean H. Theoret wrote: > How is it possible to control the network interface numbering assignment > order? The short answer is no. previous discussion: http://marc.info/?t=12194157011&r=1&w=2 If you are concerned about this, I believe my previous suggestion

Re: Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-02 Thread Nick Holland
On 02/02/11 08:59, Jean H. Theoret wrote: > This one's got me stumped for a few days now... > > How is it possible to control the network interface numbering assignment > order? barely. > Here's my specific case: the box has 2 on-board Ethernet interfaces and > a 3rd one on a PCI-Express card.

Re: Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-02 Thread Adriaan
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Jean H. Theoret wrote: > This one's got me stumped for a few days now... > > How is it possible to control the network interface numbering assignment order? > > Here's my specific case: the box has 2 on-board Ethernet interfaces and > a 3rd one on a PCI-Express card

Predictable network interface numbering

2011-02-02 Thread Jean H. Theoret
This one's got me stumped for a few days now... How is it possible to control the network interface numbering assignment order? Here's my specific case: the box has 2 on-board Ethernet interfaces and a 3rd one on a PCI-Express card. They come up as: re0: PCI-Express card re1: on-board inte