[ale] eth0 vs eth1

[Robert Heaven]

I believe, the eth0, eth1, eth2, etc. are assigned based on their physical
position on the PCI bus.

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Nolde <smnoldelinux at mediaone.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: Gary S. Mackay <Gary at edisoninfo.com>
Cc: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] eth0 vs eth1


> "Gary S. Mackay" wrote:
> >
> > Here's a weird one. I have a 3com NIC in my linux server/masq box.
Working
> > fine. I added a second NIC (tried smc-ultra and rtl8139) and no matter
how I
> > configure conf.modules, the 3com NIC always comes up as eth0. I wanted
it to
> > stay connected to my internal lan and the cheapy card to be connected to
the
> > cable-modem to be installed tomorrow, oops, today. Is this tuesday? All
of the
> > NICs work fine, I just can not get the 3com one to be eth1. Any ideas?
For now
> > I will connect it to the cable modem and the rtl8139 to my internal
100mbit
> > lan.
> >
> > - Gary
> >
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> Perhaps, if you re-order the entries in conf.modules?
>
> - Scott
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