On Tuesday 14 January 2003 13:12, Ron Stodden wrote: > H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > Take care to know which Nic is going to be eth0 or eth1 i.e. which Nic is > > which. > > Smoothwall recognizes them alphabetically on vendor. > > What makes you think that? > > It is kernel that assigns eth numbers at boot time, I suspect based on > the (remembered) MAC at the other end of the link, using arp (see man > arp), and the eth number assigned by kernel has nothing to do with the > NIC type, NIC manufacturer, or PCI slot. I suspect that the NIC is > never aware of its eth number - communication is done MAC to MAC, which > is why the MAC is assigned by the NIC manufacturer on a globally unique > basis, although it can be programatically changed (and the low order > byte is dynamically changed as part of the cable modem protocol).
You are quite right, I didn't write that down as specifically as I should've. It isn't as much as in which order the kernel sees the nics during the install procedure but how the "available drivers list" is ordered. Good Luck, HarM
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