Re: Re: Upgrade to ipw2200-1.1.2: eth0 now refers to wireless card
Unga <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.drivers.ipw2100.devel |
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--- martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Unga, > > Just my 5 cent: I too had the problem of changing > interface names every > now and then as well on my notebook and my desktop. > My solution was: > > Using udev-rules: > > -) in /etc/udev create a file called > "netinterfaces.rules" containing: > > > KERNEL=="eth*",SYSFS{address}=="00:00:00:00:00:00",NAME="eth0" > > KERNEL=="eth*",SYSFS{address}=="00:00:00:00:00:00",NAME="eth1" > > Replace the 00:00... by the MAC-address of your > adapter. > > -) in /etc/udev/rules.d create a link to this file: > > ln -s ../netinterfaces.rules > 010_netinterfaces.rules > > Restart udev - never had problems again. > Hi Martin, thanks for the reply. I'm already on this way. My mistake was I used the kernel device naming directly. Regards Unga __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642