On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:00:10 -0500 "Jean H. Theoret" <ve...@rac.ca> wrote:
> This one's got me stumped for a few days now... > > How is it possible to control the network interface numbering > assignment order? > > Here's my specific case: the box has 2 on-board Ethernet interfaces > and a 3rd one on a PCI-Express card. They come up as: > > re0: PCI-Express card > re1: on-board interface #1 > re2: on-board interface #2 > > A recent event had disabled the PCI card, and the remaining network > interfaces ended up being reassigned (upon the next reboot, of > course) as: > > re0: on-board interface #1 > re1: on-board interface #2 > > Could this have been prevented by forcing network interface assignment > to on-board interface _first_, then the PCI card? Or is there a way to > bind network interface assignment to the adapter's MAC address as > numbering hint? > I think you should be fine using the tricks like bringing the real interface to vether(4), or even doing trunk(4) with only one running interface. YMMV, though. -- With best regards, Gregory Edigarov