Re-Order Nic Cards

Jeff Vian jvian10 at charter.net
Sat Jun 19 01:21:21 UTC 2004



David Both wrote:

> There are a couple ways.
>
> The brute force way is to physically remove all NICs, reboot, and 
> allow Kudzu to remove configs for all three. Then reinstall the cards, 
> allow Kudzu to reconfigure the cards, and enter the correct IP 
> addresses, etc.
>
> The better way is to edit the ifcfg-ethx files which are located in 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/. The sample (filename = ifcfg-eth0) 
> below shows what I am talking about.
>
>
> # Realtek|RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
> HWADDR=00:50:8D:4A:0C:30
> IPADDR=192.168.0.1
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=192.168.0.0
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet 


You may also have to change the entries in /etc/modprobe.conf 
(/etc/modules.conf) to have the correct alias for each card.  That way 
the proper ethX name is assigned for the adapter.

> Chris Stankaitis wrote:
>
>> To make a long story short I have installed/re-installed various 
>> NIC's in my FC Box, and now I am in a position where I have and eth1, 
>> eth2, eth4
>>
>> Is there a way, and more so what is the best way to re-order those 
>> NIC's so I again have an eth0, eht1, eth2
>>
>> --Chris
>>
>>
>





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