Random network interface names in FC6

[James Wilkinson]

Mika Penttilä wrote:
> After upgrading my x86_64 box from fc5 to fc6 my former eth1 interface is 
> renamed like __tmp182434234, and it changes with every boot. This is a 
> forcedeth ethernet card. My eth0 is working as expected.
>
> I'm not doing any device renaming myself, but tried putting it in
> /etc/mactab for workaround but didn't help. Any ideas what might be
> going on?

You may need to specify the hardware MAC address in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 (set HWADDR appropriately).

See
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-November/msg00061.html
and followups for more information.

Hope this helps,

James.

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