Re: swapping interfaces

[Colin <cwvca_blah@hotmail.com>]

Michael Robokoff wrote:
> I have a machine with 2 ethernet interfaces installed. The systems 
> installed
> with the Gigabit interface as eth0 and 100MB interface as eth1.
> Can someone tell me how to change this so the 100MB interface is
> eth0 and the gigabit interface is eth1?

1) Compile those two drivers as modules (if necessary)
2) Create a file called /etc/modutils/nic (2.4 kernel) or 
/etc/modprobe.d/nic (2.6 kernel) and put these lines in it:

alias eth0 <Gb nic driver>
alias eth1 <100Mb nic driver>

3) As root, run update-modules
4) Reboot
5) Enjoy!