> Bob wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I have a fedora 5 system with the latest updates. This machine has three >> network adapters, each of which uses a different hardware driver. >> >> $ cat /etc/modprobe.conf >> >> alias usb-controller uhci-hcd >> alias eth0 3c59x >> alias eth1 e100 >> alias eth2 8139too >> >> >> When I first boot, the eth0 and eth2 interfaces are logically attached to >> the wrong controllers. In /var/log/dmesg, the Realtek controller is >> loaded >> first, and attaches to eth0 and the 3Com controller loads last and >> attaches >> to eth2. If I stop the network service, remove the 3c59x and 8139too >> modules and restart the network, things get configured correctly. Is >> there >> a way to get things to work right when first booted? >> > You can try editing the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth? > files and make sure the HWADDR= lines have the correct MAC address > for the interfaces you want. > > Mikkel This is the way I used to do it too - then I found-out it only works if "ONBOOT=yes"... otherwise the adapter sits there with the wrong name and never gets renamed to the name you want it to be until you bring the interface up. Fortunately, there's a few ways around this; 1) Write a boot script that uses ifrename: http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/ifrename.8.html 2) Write some udev rules... [root@test-pes ~]# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules # There are a number of modifiers that are allowed to be used in some of the # fields. See the udev man page for a full description of them. # # default is OWNER="root" GROUP="root", MODE="0600" # # all block devices SUBSYSTEM=="block", GROUP="disk", MODE="0640" - SNIP - - This is all the default stuff - KERNEL=="dvb*", PROGRAM=="/etc/udev/scripts/dvb.sh %k", NAME="%c" # Added lines start here KERNEL=="eth*", SYSFS{address}=="aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff", NAME="eth1" KERNEL=="eth*", SYSFS{address}=="00:11:22:33:44:55", NAME="eth0" [root@test-pes ~]# NOTE: MAC addresses are listed for SYSFS portion should be unique to each and every network interface. They are CASE SENSITIVE (don't ask me why...) Just to be safe, I use the second method AND put it in the ifcfg-ethX files as well. - Gareth
