Ethernet adapters logically reversed

[Florin Asavoaie]

This also happened to me. I was to lazy to find a script. I just
switched the cables. :)

On 3/9/07, Steve Friedman <steve at adsi-m4.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>
> > Bob wrote:
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> I have a fedora 5 system with the latest updates.  This machine has three
> >> network adapters, each of which uses a different hardware driver.
> >>
> >> When I first boot, the eth0 and eth2 interfaces are logically attached to
> >> the wrong controllers.  In /var/log/dmesg, the Realtek controller is loaded
> >> first, and attaches to eth0 and the 3Com controller loads last and attaches
> >> to eth2.  If I stop the network service, remove the 3c59x and 8139too
> >> modules and restart the network, things get configured correctly.  Is there
> >> a way to get things to work right when first booted?
> >>
> > You can try editing the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth?
> > files and make sure the HWADDR= lines have the correct MAC address
> > for the interfaces you want.
> >
>
> If you are lazy:
>
> http://linux.dell.com/files/name_eths/name_eths-0.4.tar.gz
>
> will also ensure that the assignment is such that the LAN(s) on
> Motherboard are assigned before cards and all are assigned in a consistent
> order.
>
> Steve Friedman
>
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