Re: [Hampshire] Which NIC is which?

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Author: Andy Smith
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Which NIC is which?

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x570d0100.hantslug.org.uk.28893': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Thu Apr 5 14:19:44 2007 BST
gpg: using DSA key 2099B64CBF15490B
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:59:48AM -0500, Mike Burrows wrote:
> I have an on board ethernet port designated as eth0 and I have popped a
> 10/100 NIC in one of the pci slots and assigned its credentials
> in /etc/network/interfaces. However, unless I run proxy.sh and
> designate which is the EXTIF and which the INTIF the system will try and
> use eth1 and hang.


I've no idea what proxy.sh is.

> Is this normal behaviour?


Ethernet devices are designated in the order that the kernel sees
them, so it is entirely possible that adding a device changes the
existing eth0 to eth1. You can use udev or ifrename to set the
device name based on mac address or other criteria if you wish.

Cheers,
Andy