Re: which NIC is which

[Jason Costomiris <jcostom jasons org>]

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 01:52:15PM -0700, John Telford wrote:
: I'm building routers.  It's difficult to tell in advance which NIC will
: be assigned eth0 and which will assigned eth1 when using two NICs.  Ping
: testing usually clears up this simple problem.

It's largely voodoo that probably only the guy who wrote the pci
bus scanning code understands.  You might as well get into the habit
I got into on other platforms.  As you install the NICs, print a label
with the MAC address of the card and attach it as you insert the cards.
At that point, determining which card is which takes 5 seconds.

Additionally, it makes it easier for anyone who follows you to identify
the various NICs in the machine.

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