Re: Making sure eth interfaces are numbered consistently
On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 11:26:34 -0600, Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson@cox.net) wrote:
> On 12/09/08 11:22, Micha Feigin wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> i have 4 network interfaces in my machine all using the e1000e driver.
>>
>> Can I be assured that they are all numbered consistently on each boot (i.e that
>> the same card is always eth0) or if not, is there a way to force it?
>
> Yes. Look in:
>
> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
One way is with ifrename [1] which is maybe just a convenient front-end
to Ron's suggestion.
[1] # aptitude install ifrename
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ifrename
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