H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
What makes you think that?
Take care to know which Nic is going to be eth0 or eth1 i.e. which Nic is which.
Smoothwall recognizes them alphabetically on vendor.
It is kernel that assigns eth numbers at boot time, I suspect based on the (remembered) MAC at the other end of the link, using arp (see man arp), and the eth number assigned by kernel has nothing to do with the NIC type, NIC manufacturer, or PCI slot. I suspect that the NIC is never aware of its eth number - communication is done MAC to MAC, which is why the MAC is assigned by the NIC manufacturer on a globally unique basis, although it can be programatically changed (and the low order byte is dynamically changed as part of the cable modem protocol).
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