Hi, I am on CentOS 5.3 and i don’t find the files you have mentioned. Can you please give me a brief explanation or the command that actually will allow me to assign persistent(across reboots) addresses. Thank you, Vivek S > -----Original Message----- > From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of microbit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: 08 September 2009 15:35 > To: Kernelnewbies > Subject: Re: Ip address assignment > > 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 ��.n��������+%����w�j)p���{.n����z�ޖw�n'���q���b�������v��m�����Y�����