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#1 2006-05-09 23:59:21
- jason
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Interface names jumping around
On my T43p, I'm having problems keeping my interfaces from changing names. I've put the following in my udev rules:
(~) jayne $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/01-network.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="net", SYSFS{address}=="00:11:22:33:44:55", NAME="eth0"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", SYSFS{address}=="aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff", NAME="eth1"
But it's not helping. They flop around anyways. It's an ipw2200 card as eth1 and tg3 as eth0.
Any helpful hints?
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#2 2006-05-10 00:10:19
- byte
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Re: Interface names jumping around
To me it seems that other rules besides udev.rules don't work anymore, but I will check that out to be sure.
[edit: checked out ... I was wrong, udev works fine]
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#3 2006-05-10 00:27:41
- brain0
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Re: Interface names jumping around
Using ethX as names has failed often in the past. Use non-standard names for the devices instead. Otherwise the rules are ok.
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#4 2006-05-10 03:24:06
- jason
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Re: Interface names jumping around
What's my alternative to keep the interface names stable?
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#5 2006-05-10 06:03:51
- brain0
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Re: Interface names jumping around
Load the modules in the MODULES array, in the order you'd like to have them.
BTW, all that information is on the Udev wiki page.
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#6 2006-05-11 21:49:39
- uberGeek
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Re: Interface names jumping around
Loading modules in a particular order does not help a lot when two, or more, interfaces use the same module.
What I've found works best, for me anyway, is dtw's suggestion from here:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … ght=mactab
Search for mactab on that page. It requires an edit to /etc/rc.d/network, so it's not ideal, but until the ideal works (udev with ethX names) I'm going with it. It has been working for me on 4 or 5 machines (all with 2 to 3 interfaces) for a month now.
In my opinion, using a name other than ethX, in a udev rule, is not a fix, it's a workaround to a bug.
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