rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> I have several network cards in my laptop - wired lan, wireless lan, |> loopback & firewire. After a recent update (I'm running testing) my |> interface numbers all jumped around so that instead of the wired lan |> being eth0, it's now eth1 & the firewire is eth0. What defines what |> eth'x' number is given to which network device? It's a pain having to |> change configuration each time they move numbers (as also happens |> depending on whether I boot with my wireless cardbus in the slot or |> not)!
This is just what the ifrename package is for (part of wireless-tools but it's a separate package in Debian). It assigns a user-defined interface-name permanently on the basis of certain static criteria, usually the device's MAC address. I use it on my laptop to ensure that the built-in ethernet adapter is always `nic', one wireless card is always `wlan1', and the second wireless card is always `wlan2'. It's easy to set this up, but if you want a really good detailed account of this and related issues, try: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/HOTPLUG.txt Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
