Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-21 Thread jam
On Monday 21 August 2006 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using Fedora, and I use the file /etc/modprobe.conf to say, e.g., alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 e100 alias eth2 3c59x     That says that eth0 uses the tulip driver, but I'm not sure it says that the one that requires

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-21 Thread Alexander Samad
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 11:14:43AM +1000, O Plameras wrote: Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 10:55:26AM +1000, O Plameras wrote: I'm using Fedora, and I use the file /etc/modprobe.conf to say, e.g., alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 e100 alias eth2 3c59x That says

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-21 Thread O Plameras
Alexander Samad wrote: On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 11:14:43AM +1000, O Plameras wrote: Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 10:55:26AM +1000, O Plameras wrote: I'm using Fedora, and I use the file /etc/modprobe.conf to say, e.g., alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 e100 alias

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-21 Thread Simon Wong
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 09:27 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: Check out /etc/iftab (and the iftab man page). - Jeff Bingo! Thanks, mate! -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-21 Thread Simon Wong
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 09:30 +1000, Ian Wienand wrote: I think you have two options; firstly is the ifrename package, which reads /etc/iftab. This exists in Ubuntu so it looks the easiest way to go. The other option is you can give your cards static names with udev, and then refer to those

[SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread Simon Wong
Occasionally, I come across a situation where the network device I am using gets changed after a new kernel is installed eg from eth0 to eth2. This is on a machine with 3 NICs. I thought I found the right setting for /etc/network/interfaces using hwaddress ether XX:XX..., however, that doesn't

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Simon Wong Occasionally, I come across a situation where the network device I am using gets changed after a new kernel is installed eg from eth0 to eth2. This is on a machine with 3 NICs. I thought I found the right setting for /etc/network/interfaces using hwaddress ether

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread Ian Wienand
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 09:19:13AM +1000, Simon Wong wrote: Can anyone offer any advice on how to force which hardware is eth0? I think you have two options; firstly is the ifrename package, which reads /etc/iftab. The other option is you can give your cards static names with udev, and then

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread O Plameras
Simon Wong wrote: Occasionally, I come across a situation where the network device I am using gets changed after a new kernel is installed eg from eth0 to eth2. This is on a machine with 3 NICs. I thought I found the right setting for /etc/network/interfaces using hwaddress ether XX:XX...,

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 10:55:26AM +1000, O Plameras wrote: I'm using Fedora, and I use the file /etc/modprobe.conf to say, e.g., alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 e100 alias eth2 3c59x That says that eth0 uses the tulip driver, but I'm not sure it says that the one that requires tulip is

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread O Plameras
Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 10:55:26AM +1000, O Plameras wrote: I'm using Fedora, and I use the file /etc/modprobe.conf to say, e.g., alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 e100 alias eth2 3c59x That says that eth0 uses the tulip driver, but I'm not sure it says that the one

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread O Plameras
Matthew Hannigan wrote: On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 10:55:26AM +1000, O Plameras wrote: I'm using Fedora, and I use the file /etc/modprobe.conf to say, e.g., alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 e100 alias eth2 3c59x That says that eth0 uses the tulip driver, but I'm not sure it says that the one

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=O Plameras I'm using Fedora, and I use the file /etc/modprobe.conf to say, e.g., alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 e100 alias eth2 3c59x This only works if you have three entirely separate NIC chipsets that you can map to particular ports. If you have a four port tulip card in there,

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread O Plameras
Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=O Plameras I'm using Fedora, and I use the file /etc/modprobe.conf to say, e.g., alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 e100 alias eth2 3c59x This only works if you have three entirely separate NIC chipsets that you can map to particular ports. If you have a four

Re: [SLUG] How to force which device is eth0?

2006-08-20 Thread O Plameras
Howard Lowndes wrote: O Plameras wrote: Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=O Plameras I'm using Fedora, and I use the file /etc/modprobe.conf to say, e.g., alias eth0 tulip alias eth1 e100 alias eth2 3c59x This only works if you have three entirely separate NIC chipsets that you can