On 2024-05-21, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here's my udev rules file that defines my network interface names
>> for the machine I'm on at the moment:
>>
>> ------------------/etc/udev/rules.d/70-my-persistent-net.rules-----------------------
>> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="2c:f0:5d:6f:10:af",
>> NAME="net0"
>> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="00:1b:21:b1:d1:e9",
>> NAME="net1"
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Examples do help a lot. I do use the enp* naming scheme. My
> understanding, that is the "new" way.
The suffix for those enp* names comes from the PCI bus subsystem based
on bus number, slot number, etc. [Yes, slot number apparently does
change based on what PCIe cards are present. No, that doesn't make
sense to me either]
> Based on your config, I would need to change the NAME= to enp* names
> and that would correct that.
I suppose you could, but I would not use enp* names. Those could
conflict with the autogenerated names.
> Where you have ATTR, is that a quote or did you edit to remove a
> number, MAC address, IP or something?
What I posted is exactly what's in the file
(without the ----------- delimiters).
Here's more documentation:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Udev
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/udev
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration#Change_interface_name
[The arch Wiki is always a good fallback if the Gentoo manual/Wiki
don't have what you're looking for.]
> If it is one of those, where do I find that info? I checked
> ifconfig and didn't see a MAC address. I also checked lspci -v.
> I'm not sure where you get the needed info from. BTW, right now,
> I'm on my main rig.
The only thing you need to change from my example would be the mac
address(es) (e.g. 2c:f0:5d:6f:10:af) and the names (e.g. net0).
> I have the package net-misc/networkmanager installed. Most likely
> pulled in by something else. Could I use it to configure this?
Possibly, I don't use networkmanager and don't know how it works on
Gentoo. I use the default Gentoo netifrc scheme
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Netifrc.
> I also have KDE installed on the NAS box, it is also a backup rig in
> case my main rig dies. It may have a GUI that I could use. I'm not
> opposed to the command line way tho. Biggest thing, copy and paste
> would be nice.
I don't know much of anything about KDE.
--
Grant
