Re: Upgrading to 2.6.5 switched my physical network interface names
John van Spaandonk wrote:
I've got a simple question, and I hope that there is an equally simple
answer :-)
I've got a setup with two similar Realtek ethernet cards that both
use the 8139too driver in Linux 2.4.x.
In Linux 2.6.[45] assignment of eth0,1 is reversed, so now my interface to
the cable modem has eth1 (this was eth0 in 2.4.x).
Naturally the network does not work anymore.
Check out ifrename:
$ apt-cache show ifrename
Package: ifrename
Version: 26+27pre20-0.backports.org.1
Priority: extra
Section: net
Maintainer: Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libiw27 (>= 26+27pre10)
Architecture: i386
Filename:
dists/woody/all/binary-i386/ifrename_26+27pre20-0.backports.org.1_i386.deb
Size: 35214
MD5sum: d3fd11d522fdbc1a76c0d16c5468357c
Description: Rename network interfaces based on various static criteria
Ifrename allow the user to decide what name a network interface will
have. Ifrename can use a variety of selectors to specify how interface
names match the network interfaces on the system, the most common
selector is the interface MAC address.
source: wireless-tools
installed-size: 100
It's in testing and unstable, and available for stable from
www.backports.org. I haven't used it myself, so can't say how well it
works, but it sounds like what you want.
Randy
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