On Sat, Nov 12 2011, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:44:16 -0500, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> > Removing it does the same thing. The device file is re-created with >> > the currently probed hardware and indexes start from 0. It's just >> > that most people prefer to just remove it because it's less typing >> > and less prone to errors. >> >> I was worried that then eth0 might be wireless and eth1 wired, >> but I should have tried it and only changed names if the switch >> happened. > > No, that was a valid worry, you did the right thing. Removing the file is > easiest, but only 100% safe if you have only one eth device.
Thanks for the confirmation. allan
