Re: 2 NIC's, assigned in wrong order

vidarlo_at_vestdata.no
Date: 12/29/03

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    Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:51:41 -0500 (EST)
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    On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Dean Allen Provins wrote:

    > Hello:
    >
    > I have two Ethernet cards (NICs) in a PII-300. The first recognized is
    > an NE2000 ISA clone at IRQ10, and the second is a PCI at (shared) IRQ
    > 12.
    >
    > I would like the second (the PCI) to be assigned as ETH0, and the first
    > (ISA) to be ETH1.
    >
    > I've fiddled with the ether= append line for the kernel, and also the
    > contents of the interfaces file in /etc/network to no avail.

    Simply try swapping in /etc/modules.conf where you for example have a
    entry reading:
    alias eth0 3c59x
    alias eth1 e1000
    and swap eth1 and eth0 there...
    >
    > Anyone know how to force the assignment without resorting to "ifconfig"
    > and "route" directly?
    >
    > Dean
    >
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    >
    > 

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