[NTLUG:Discuss] Ethernet Card Issues

[terry]

Or get rid of udev if none of it's functions are useful to your system.

On 6/10/07, terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> But, if you're using udev, you might need to edit udev rules someplace.
> I think the default udev install for Slackware uses
> /etc/udev/rules.d/network-devices.rules
> I don't know how recent your install is, but if your using a 2.6 kernel and
> udev, this might be an issue.
> If not, my comment is irrelevant.
>
>
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> On 6/10/07, Tom McDonald < mickeyd at compuclaim.com> wrote:
> > Dennis Rice wrote:
> > > In Fedora / RH, look at the
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX
> > > file.  The new format specifies the MAC address, which is in conformance
> > > to requirements for IPv6.  Knowing the MAC address will allow the system
> > > to designate a specific card.  If you need to change cards, the (GUI)
> > > will not allow you to disable the card, as the MAC address does not
> > > match, you will have to use the command "ifconfig ethX down".
> > >
> > > Dennis
> > >
> > > =====================
> > > Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:18:02 -0700 (PDT)
> > > From: Shawn VS <br8kit at yahoo.com>
> > > Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Ethernet card issues
> > > To: discuss at ntlug.org
> > > Message-ID:
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> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone knew how to force the second
> > > of a pair of ethernet cards to eth0 every time in SUSE
> > > Linux.
> > > This card will always be a 3Com network card.
> > >
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> > You can set a persistent name for the ethernet card in the /etc/udev
> > configuration.  Check the udev man pages as there are many options
> > available.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
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> > Tom McDonald <mickeyd at compuclaim.com>
> >
> >
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> > of sociopathic tendencies.
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