On 13 April 2010 12:03, Dominik Schips <dominik@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I have three network devices (eth0, eth1 and eth2) in my system. > > Currently I use the networkmanager (Gnome) to configure my LAN > connection. It is working good. > > My problem is that every reboot the device names are changing so > somtimes my LAN device is eth0 next reboot it is eth2 ..... > > I think this is done by udev. Can someone explain me how to get > permanent device names every boot? > > I want to have eth0 as my normal LAN device, eth1 as a bridge device for > KVM VMs and eth2 as bridge device connected to my DMZ for VMs. > > With virt-manager I can setup these bridges but if the device name > changes every boot it is unpossible to use. > > Any ideas or advices for me? Yeah, read the wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Mixed_Up_Devices.2C_Sound.2FNetwork_Cards_Changing_Order_Each_Boot or http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_Network#Interface_names_varying > -- > > Best regards > > Dominik Schips > > -- Tavian Barnes