I would say it is similar. I always try to specify the MAC on all the systems I'm responsible for administering. If nothing else, it acts as documentation for someone who isn't familiar with the system.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eddie Chen Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 12:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Setting the MAC-address Is it similar to the issue of fstab with label= vs /dev/dasd... wrong device is being mounted? Does this happened when one of NIC is "not available"? |---------+----------------------------> | | Mark Post | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | et> | | | Sent by: Linux on| | | 390 Port | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | ist.edu> | | | | | | | | | 12/09/2005 12:14 | | | PM | | | Please respond to| | | Linux on 390 Port| |---------+----------------------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------| | | | To: [email protected] | | cc: (bcc: Eddie Chen/SIAC) | | Subject: Re: Setting the MAC-address | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------| 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
