Cheap Gigabit switch will allow DHCP thru it?

[Jarod Wilson]

On Sunday 30 December 2007 07:50:55 pm Ben Scott wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2007 7:15 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> > You also need to change the DEVICE= line in ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1 to
> > match, and for good measure, should update /etc/modprobe.conf as well to
> > alias the right module to the device.
>
>   You won't need to modify /etc/modprobe.conf if you're only swapping
> IP configurations between logical devices.  And swapping both will
> cancel-out the config changes.

If only swapping IP configs, sure. If also changing devices, still not 
actually necessary, as the network bring-up scripts actually handle renaming 
devices as needed to match the ifcfg-ethX files, but still recommended for 
consistency.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com