Re: new problem - networking is strange

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@traversetechnologies.com>]

H.S. wrote:
> > > Is udev giving your interface a new name (ethx instead of, say eth0)?
> > >   
> > >       
> > how would I check that, and why would it just start doing that?
> >
> >     
>
> You could just list the devices:
> $> /sbin/ifconfig -a
>
> and ensure you have the correctly named eth device(s). And perhaps
> verify their mac addresses.
>
> Why does it change? I am not sure, but I have had to face this kind of
> problem in the past a few times, usually following a kernel upgrade or
> udev upgrade or by chaning the network hardware.
>
>   
well it sure seems like the interface is now coming up with the name 
eth3 - when I change the line in /etc/network/interfaces to read eth3, 
all comes up - but this is sure weird

I haven't really done anything to change things.

Miles

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