Re: Network interface name

[Greg Hosler <greg hosler per sg>]

arg... nasty cold. yes, of course Ed is correct. head was too stuffed up. I was
clearly refering to the MACADDR which is used to set the MAC address...

:(

sorry for the confusion.

best rgds,

-Greg

On 23-Dec-2004 Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Greg Hosler <greg hosler per sg> said:
>> if the 2 NIC's use the same driver (i.e. module), then the answer is "no".
>> (Ed's answer about the HWADDR is irrelevant. HWADDR is used to *set* the
>> MAC address of a NIC, not to match up a device with a certain MAC address).
> 
> Funny, it works for me.  I have been using HWADDR to bind a particular
> config to a particular interface for years.
> 
> The MACADDR setting does what you are talking about (change the MAC
> address of an interface).
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> Chris Adams <cmadams hiwaay net>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
> 
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