On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 06:56:00PM +0100, J.D. Hood wrote: > What your configuration achieves is to make "ifup eth1" fail if > eth1's MAC isn't 00:30:84:76:68:B2 . I doubt that that is what > you really want. > > The fact that the kernel can assign different interface names > to the same adapter at different times is a problem. You > should think of a kernel-assigned interface name as a handle. > Handles are distinct and they give access to adapters but which > adapter a handle refers to can't be read off its face. Instead > you should use the mapping mechanism to assign to the interface > a "logical interface" that is appropriate to the actual adapter. > The mapping script uses the handle to examine the properties of > the underlying adapter (such as its MAC) which the script then > uses to choose an appropriate logical interface. right, that would be better. but how would i do that? cu robert -- Robert Lemmen http://www.semistable.com
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