Hi, On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 01:10:48 -0700, "Vivek Subbarao" <viveks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > > > The ip address assigned through ifconfig is not persistent. Why is the > behaviour so? Instead of editing files to add persistent addresses why > not make ifconfig add persistent addresses? Is there a drawback to this? > > > > Thank you, > > Vivek S I guess you already knew this, but you can make ifconfig assign consistent names. See etc/udev/static-nic.rules or /etc/udev/rules.d/*persistent-net.rules HTH Kris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
