Re: change the naming of eth0 and eth1
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On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 01:10:47PM +0200, Thomas Gebhardt wrote:
> my server has a dual onboard nic (Intel Gigabit Ethernet, driver e1000).
> The BIOS names the two interfaces NIC 1 and NIC 2. Unfortunately
> NIC 1 (BIOS) corresponds to eth1 (linux) and NIC 2 to eth0.
> I tried to interchange the naming of eth0 and eth1 in order
> to avoid confusion. According to the Ethernet HOWTO (driver compiled
> into the kernel) I need to switch the parameters on the kernel
> boot command line. But this does not help:
> Any hints?
Swap the order your network modules in /etc/modules or change eth0 for
eth1 and vice versa in /etc/network/interfaces
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.''`. Baloo Ursidae <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>
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