The purpose of those parameters are not to _set_ the MAC address. They tell the system which NIC is to be named eth0, versus eth1, etc. If you leave them out, your interface names may change randomly. It doesn't happen often, but it could happen.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eddie Chen Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 10:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Setting the MAC-address I am currently working with SuSE and RedHat linux. I notice that in SuSE it uses ifcfg-MAC-address for the interface , where RedHat it's in the file. What is the impact if I leave out the HWADDR or MACADDR. I have 5 NIC ? Does the SuSE's way of using ifcfg-mac-address prevents wrong IP address being assign when an interface is down where there are multiple interface ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
