swapping interfaces - Update

[Michael Robokoff <mrobo@mrdek.com>]

We have the driver compiled into the kernel and we have tried the ether=
command at startup but that is not working either. I have also change the
irq assigned to each by the bios. The gigabit card is still coming up as eth0.



--Mike


CW Harris wrote:

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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