Re-Order Nic Cards

[Jeff Vian]

Bob Marcan wrote:

> Chris Stankaitis wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, David Both wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> There are a couple ways.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Not to look a gift horse in the mouth but that seems a wee bit too 
>> easy.. what if anything do I need to do about my modprob.conf
>>
>> cat /etc/modprobe.conf
>> include /etc/modprobe.conf.dist
>> alias eth0 3c59x
>> alias eth1 via-rhine
>> alias eth2 epic100
>>
>> how do those ethX relate to the ifcfg-ethX in 
>> sysconfig/network-scripts?  Is Modprob saying eth0 is the 3com and 
>> then ifcfg is saying No it's eth4 (as a bad example)
>>
>> --Chris
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> What if you have three cards of the same type?
>
> Regards

I would remove all 3 cards, and reboot to allow kudzu to remove all 3 
devices.  Then add all 3 back in and do the config at boot time.  This 
way they are configured in the order detected and that should be the 
order they are configured on every boot.