Where is eth0/eth1/assigned -

[Bob Goodwin]

Mike Burger wrote:
>>     I am still struggling with this f10 install. It appeared that the
>>     NIC in eth0 was no good. I pulled it out and left the second card
>>     which was/is eth1.
>>
>>     It looks to me like that designation eth1 might be changed to eth0
>>     using ethtool but if so, I can't find the right command.
>>
>>     I have used service-config-network to set it up as 192.168.1.10 and
>>     eth1, network-scripts is set up for eth1. but no matter what I do a
>>     ping to another computer yields "Network is unreachable."
>>
>>     This is a wired connection. I've tried a different cat5 cable.
>>     "ethtools eth1" looks ok compared to the other computers. Not sure
>>     what I have missed but it would be simpler perhaps if I could
>>     convince the NIC that it was eth0 instead of eth1 but I can't
>>     determine how that is set.
>>
>>     Any help appreciated. I am about at wits end.
>>     
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> Actually, it's probably in your /etc/modprobe.conf file.
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    /etc/modprobe.conf is an empty file? 
    Do I need to use it to change the eth designation? Don't know how
    but ...

    Bob