Re: [LUG] Network device allocation

[Simon Williams <systemparadox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Julian Hall wrote:
> Grant Sewell wrote:
> > I remember reading that you could do this, well certainly with USB 
> > devices
> > anyway.  I'll have a dig about, but I'm pretty certain it was a fairly 
> > painless
> > udev tool.
> >
> > --Grant
> >   
> Just a suggestion, not sure how feasible this is.  Could they be 
> referred to by their MAC addresses?  Those would always be a) static and 
> b) unique to each device.
>
> I'm not advanced enough in networking or Linux to say for sure, but I 
> think this article may help:
>
> http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/udev.htm
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian

Thank you- that was exactly what I was looking for.
Based on the other comments I think I should probably see if I can make 
the software run on IPs rather than device names. Ah- now I remember why 
I have these networking problems in the first place- I have a dynamic 
internet IP.

I think I need to read up on udev- looks useful for distinguishing 
between all my dynamic storage devices.

Thanks everyone
Simon


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