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Simon Williams wrote: > The problem here is the naming of the devices. Example: I have a card in > PCI slot 2, a card in PCI slot 3 and a card in PCI slot 4. The card in > PCI2 must always be called eth0 (and not eth1 or eth2). The card in PCI3 > must always be called eth1 (and not eth0 or eth2), and the card in PCI4 > must always be called eth2 (and not eth0 or eth1). It would be better if > I could also assign my own names, such as "LAN", "WAN", "INTERNET", etc, > rather than having to remember which eth* device is which. > Currently, two of the cards (using modules 8139too and 3c59x) are You might find things are less trouble using 4 identical (or at least same chipset cards.) > unpredictably getting eth0 and eth1. The third and forth cards aren't > installed yet. On some boots the 8139 is eth0, and on others the 3c59x > is eth0. I would have thought that they would be allocated in the order > that the modules are loaded, but maybe udev does it as it finds them and Are you listing the modules explicitally in /etc/modules (or equivalent). You could also check the "Plug and Play OS" setting in the BIOS. > doesn't look in a predictable manner? - The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html