Forcing Linux to recognize NICS in BIOS order

Chip Marshall chip at 2bithacker.net
Tue Aug 15 10:16:00 EDT 2006


On 8/15/06, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> I thought there was a way to force the OS to use the same ordering,
> but can't remember the details. Anyone have pointers to an
> explanation?

At least on udev systems, there's an /etc/iftab file that creates a
mapping of interface name to MAC address. At least, this is possible on
my Ubuntu box, I'm not sure how standard it is.

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