Re: swapping interfaces
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 01:28:26PM -0800, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:46:58 -0600
> Michael Robokoff <mrobo@ahpcrc.org> 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?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --Mike
>
> I may be off here, and someone will let me know.
>
> It should be as simple as shutting down the interfaces "ifdown -a"
>
> Then editing the /etc/network/interface file, and swapping the "eth0" &
> "eth1"
That will change the assignments (address, etc) of eth0, eth1 but not
which physical card is eth0, eth1.
Look at the "ether=" boot parameters for the kernel (see the
Ethernet-HOWTO for more info.)
>
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