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lupylucke

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Registered: 2006-05-18

Posts: 24

Ethernet card: eth0 or eth1?

Hi,

my ArchLinux has a strange behavior regarding the interface to use to connect to the net (ethernet card, dhcp):
sometimes the right interface is eth0, sometimes it's eth1. I "solved" the problem adding both interfaces to my rc.conf:

INTERFACES=(lo eth0 eth1)

this way one of the two interface (the "choice" seems to be "taken" randomly) fails at startup, of course.

I could live with that, but it seems a somewhat ugly solution to me. I'm wondering if I configured something wrong or if that's a bug?

Here's some info about my system:

Kernel 2.6.22-suspend2
Acer Aspire 1500 laptop
Network card : Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788
There's a FireWire - it uses an eth interface too, right?

thanks in advance

Simon

robertp

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From: Warszawa, Poland

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 123

Re: Ethernet card: eth0 or eth1?

I wondered whether someone will run into this funny problem:D

Compiling drivers for both cards into kernel may fix your problem.
Alternatively you may try adding modules for these cards in MODULES in /etc/rc.conf. It may also require adding them to MOD_BLACKLIST.