Frantisek Hanzlik wrote: > Fernando Cassia wrote: >> In my server I have eth0 and eth1 (previously were em16, em17, but I >> hated it so I changed to the traditional approach). >> >> Each NIC port is connected to a different ISP. However, more often >> than not while moving things around I get the cables reversed so ETH0 >> goes to ISP2 and ETH0 goes to ISP2, or vice versa, ie the cables are >> interchanged. >> >> So... is there a way, in such situation, to manually (say, from a bash >> script) bring down both eth ports, and re-arrange those? (so that eth1 >> becomes eth0), and do so without a reboot?. >> >> I´d like to make eth0 and eth1 consistent regardless of mixed cabling >> so every time I bring down eth0 I know what isp I´m bringing down. >> What IP each port is connected to I can figure out via a query to >> www.whatismyip.com, but the question remains if it´s possible to >> change the naming of two ethernet ports without a reboot. >> >> What would be the best way? ethtool? >> >> TIA >> FC > > IMO one possibility is deactivate interfaces, by rmmod unload its drivers, > change /etc/udev/rules.d/NN-net.rules and modprobe/insmod drivers again > (and then activate network). udev daemon should create network names with > new ones. > Another way could be using 'ifrename' utility from 'wireless-tools' > package: 'ifrename -i OldInterfaceName -n NewInterfaceName' > (network perhaps should be down too and it seems as ifrename requires > '/etc/iftab' file (which may be empty, 'touch /etc/iftab')) > > FH But there is question if it will be usable in the future, maybe cripled bastard systemd with udevd functions will crimp it ;) FH -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
