Re: Order of network interfaces (WLAN and ethernet)

[jlbelmonte <jlbelmonte@gmail.com>]

Sven Huster wrote:
> * Philipp Frauenfelder <philipp@frauenfelder-kuerner.ch> [2006-03-31 22:29:41 +0200]:
>
>   
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E 4010D with a wlan and
> > ethernet adapter (the one where you have to plug in a cable
> > before being online). Most stuff works fine, also both network
> > interfaces. However, sometimes my wlan is eth0 (and ethernet is
> > eth1) sometimes the ethernet is eth0 (and wlan is eth1).
> >
> > How can I fix the assigning of the network interface to the
> > hardware? I guess what plays a role here is the sequence in
> > which the drivers are loaded (ipw2200 for the wlan and 8139too
> > for the ethernet). As far as I can tell from the boot messages,
> > udev loads the modules.
> >
> >     
>
> I got this configured in my /etc/udev/local.rules :
>
> BUS=="pci", KERNEL=="eth[0-9]", SYSFS{address}=="00:0c:f1:98:2e:ac" \
>         NAME="wifi0"
>
> BUS=="pci", KERNEL=="eth[0-9]", SYSFS{address}=="00:0f:1f:34:01:f4", \
>         NAME="lan0"
>
>
> Names my ethernet interface lan0 and the wireless wifi0 based on their MAC
> addresses
>
> Cheers
> Sven
>
>
>   
i've had this problem, my solution was
#apt-get install ifrename

After i've created /etc/iftab where you can bind an ifname with a mac 
address, so this way you've assigned a ifname to a hardware.

the rule is simple

eth0   mac          :your:interface:mac:address:

ifdown "all active interfaces"
then
#ifrename
#/etc/init.d/networking restart

Then you can do

#ifup "ifname that you have chosen".