from our experinece, the one nearer the processor is eth0 in terms of the pci slot, the one second farthest is eth1, and so on...
 
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Date: Friday, October 25, 2002 5:11:37 PM
Subject: RE: [plug] nic numbering
 
how about if you have a dual nic... which comes first?






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>Subject: RE: [plug] nic numbering
>Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:48:58 +0800
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>From my experience, the first PCI (facing the back) from the left is always
>assigned eth0 and then the next slot is eth1 and so on and so forth.
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>From: Ronald Warner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 4:25 PM
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>Subject: [plug] nic numbering
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>how does linux assign its nic numbering, i.e., eth0 to eth[nn]... i am
>wondering because i have a linux box in which i installed another nic. i
>configured it as eth1 but found out that eth0 moved to the new nic and the
>old nic because eth1...
>
>is it assigned via slot? how does the numbering go if you have a dual nic?
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>thanks.
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