Hi, Pierre Fagrell wrote:
> UnKnown wrote: > >Hi ppl, got an intresting problem here, the other day I compile kernel > >2.4.25 for the main router it has 5 ethernet cards 3 realtek 1 tulip > >and 1 ne2000 everithing whent fine untill the boot proces was over and > >I try to conect to the network. For some reason what in the previous kernel > >was one eth in the new kernel is another, aparently the kernels load the > >eths in a diferent way. > > [snip] > One easy and quick fix though, would be to just swap the ethernet cables > around. First - forcing mac address not always works. At least some time ago it didn't work with my realtek 8139 card. Second - even if it works - you have different mac, but still the same interface name connected with card. So, if you don't want to touch your ip/fw config files, you need to switch cables anyway. And that's not always easy or even possible (mixed copper/fiber links). Third - if you are lucky enough and using Sid or Sarge - install ifrename package. Still, problem is because ifrename isn't resolving temporary name conflicts, so simple swapping names of two interfaces isn't possible with standard config. One of solutions is to have two config files (one for temporary interface names) and starting ifrename two times. Here's example config files: /etc/iftab.temp: eth_0 mac 00:20:18:10:72:76 eth_1 mac 00:48:54:66:C3:B2 eth_2 mac 00:48:54:67:CC:88 eth_3 mac 00:48:54:66:C9:75 eth_4 mac 00:80:AD:3C:24:2D /etc/iftab: eth0 mac 00:20:18:10:72:76 eth1 mac 00:48:54:66:C3:B2 eth2 mac 00:48:54:67:CC:88 eth3 mac 00:48:54:66:C9:75 eth4 mac 00:80:AD:3C:24:2D Now make some init.d script with: ifrename -f /etc/iftabl.temp ifrename And run it before ifupdown. It works with 2.6.5 kernel and I think should work with 2.4.x as well. Regards Robert Tasarz
