On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:00:10 -0500
"Jean H. Theoret" <[email protected]> wrote:
> This one's got me stumped for a few days now...
>
> How is it possible to control the network interface numbering
> assignment order?
>
> Here's my specific case: the box has 2 on-board Ethernet interfaces
> and a 3rd one on a PCI-Express card. They come up as:
>
> re0: PCI-Express card
> re1: on-board interface #1
> re2: on-board interface #2
>
> A recent event had disabled the PCI card, and the remaining network
> interfaces ended up being reassigned (upon the next reboot, of
> course) as:
>
> re0: on-board interface #1
> re1: on-board interface #2
>
> Could this have been prevented by forcing network interface assignment
> to on-board interface _first_, then the PCI card? Or is there a way to
> bind network interface assignment to the adapter's MAC address as
> numbering hint?
>
I think you should be fine using the tricks like bringing the real
interface to vether(4), or even doing trunk(4) with only one running
interface. YMMV, though.
--
With best regards,
Gregory Edigarov
