On 10/08/12 04:31, Scott Robbins wrote:
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> I tend to agree with the slashdot commentator who called it overcomplicated and unnecessary. It's another idea from
> Fedora, the theory, IIRC, was that this way, devices would always have the same name, whereas under the
> method that has been used device names could change on a reboot. (Haven't experienced that myself, but
> dunno).
this has happened to me a couple of times
worst case:
eth0 = unused realtek onboard
eth1 = intel nic used for lan1
eth2 = intel nic used for lan2
eth3 = intel nic used for wan
realtek onboard nic dies during a server reboot
eth1 -> eth0 = unused
eth2 -> eth1 = lan1
eth3 -> eth2 = lan2
firewall rules now apply lan2 rules to the wan
with MAC address pinning, none of the interfaces come up because the
addresses do not match the names.
very lucky that was not off-site
K
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