Hi Tim, > Well now I am confused, having got the wife replacement PC up and > running I just had a look at my PC (Debian mint) and found that > despite the fact that I manually edited /etc/network/interfaces (eth0) > to have a static IP upon rebooting the PC has made a new interface and > assigned it eth1 and is set to dhcp!! I checked ifconfig and the dhcp > leases on the router.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_network_interface_name describes how udev gets involved in cooking up a eth# name and what to do to change its decision. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2012-10-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
