The file will be 70-persistent-net.rules which can be coded to force eth0 to be against a certain MAC address etc.. same with eth1..
Google around, you should fine a sample to lock it down. But I agree, get Intel nics or something known to have great drivers. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Michael Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > You might be able to create a udev rule that keeps the eth0 device to the > MAC addr of the card you want it too, and the eth1 to the other mac > address, so they don't swap if the card dies etc. > > Looks like centos doesn't setup this by default, but I was certain Debian > did, so when I find the sample config on a machine I will send. > > /etc/udev/rules.d/60-net.rules would be the file to put it in. > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Edwin Humphries < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> G'day, >> >> I have a rather weird problem. We've installed a router device at one of >> our customers; it is a Via motherboard and has therefore a Via Rhine >> network interface on the motherboard (eth0) and a Realtek 8139 network >> interface on a PCI card. For some reason, the drivers for the two network >> interfaces seem to spontaneously invert, with the Realtek driver applying >> itself to the Via port (and usually working OK!) and the Rhine driver to >> the Realtek port (and sometimes not working - but sometimes working as >> well). This does not follow any outside action, although the customer has >> learned that rebooting the system (cleanly) solves any non-working >> interface issue. >> >> Can anyone shed any light on this? >> >> NetSense Computers logoRegards, >> Edwin Humphries >> View Edwin Humphries's profile on LinkedIn <http://au.linkedin.com/in/** >> edwinhumphries <http://au.linkedin.com/in/edwinhumphries>> >> Mobile: 0419 233 051 >> NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) >> 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 >> Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 >> Fax: +61 (0)2 4233 2781 >> Web: >> http://www.netsensecomputers.**com.au<http://www.netsensecomputers.com.au> >> >> Find us on Facebook Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/** >> netsensecomputers <http://www.facebook.com/netsensecomputers>> >> Like us on LinkedIn LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/** >> company/1500222?trk=NUS_CMPY_**FOL-pdctd<http://www.linkedin.com/company/1500222?trk=NUS_CMPY_FOL-pdctd> >> > >> >> >> -- >> This email is intended for the named addressee/s only and may contain >> confidential or privileged information. If you are not a named addressee >> please delete it and notify the sender. >> -- >> >> "/At every moment he beholdeth a wondrous world, a new creation, and >> goeth from astonishment to astonishment, and is lost in awe at the works of >> the Lord of Oneness./" Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys >> "./.. humans are interesting. With all the wonders there are in the >> Universe, they invented boredom./" Terry Pratchet, Hogfather >> "/The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the >> source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a >> stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as >> good as dead: his eyes are closed./" Albert Einstein >> /"Stuff your eyes with wonder ... live as if you'd drop dead in ten >> seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for >> in factories./" Ray Bradbury >> >> >> -- >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >> > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
