Assign ethX to specific MAC?

[Brian Millett]

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 16:51 +0000, Keith Sharp wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 10:29 -0600, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> > After updating FC5t2, my Wi-Fi and Ethernet adapters have switched
> > their names (eth0/eth1).  Is it possible to control which MAC address
> > gets which network device?
> 
> By editing:
> 
> 	/etc/modprobe.conf
> 	/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* 
> 
> you should be able to swap the devices over.
> 

Also look at /etc/iftab.  Mine is as follows:

# This file assigns persistent names to network interfaces. See
iftab(5).
eth0    mac 00:02:3f:8f:19:0e
# internal wireless card
wlan0   mac 00:02:6f:04:64:6a

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