Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:38:32 -0800 | From | John Clark <> | Subject | Re: Strange ethN numbering problem. |
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Bernd Eckenfels schrieb: > In article <45A2E19F.4070307@metricsystems.com> you wrote: > >> However, when the system comes up and attempt to do an ifconfig, the >> 'ethN' numbers >> have changed to a some what intermengled seriese starting with eth6... >> eth10. >> > > maybe a system startup script is renaming them (in order to give them well > known numbers)? > > What kind of distribution is that? is this a new problem? Have a look in > /etc/mactab.
This is not a 'new' distribtution. In fact, the disk was used for a previous hardware box, of the same manufacturer and allegedly the same cpu mother board.
The kernel is 2.6.19.1 the at-that-moment current linux kernel.
What should I look for in terms of interface renaming. What is also sort of strange is that they all have the same 'mac' address vendor unique id... even though two interfaces are for an Intel ethernet chip, and the othe 4 are from the Marvel chip.
Thanks John Clark
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