Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:41:14 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: NICs trading places ? |
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 12:20:22AM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote: > > And: ifconfig does not give the card types. > So presently one needs both boot messages and ifconfig. > > And: in some situations the system does not boot because of > eth numbering mixup, and one never gets the opportunity to > ask ifconfig.
ifconfig can bind cards to devices based on mac addresses. /sbin/hotplug can also be used for this.
I recommend doing this for anyone with more than one nic card in their machine.
thanks,
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