Ethernet adapters logically reversed
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Fri Mar 9 17:55:45 UTC 2007
Bob wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a fedora 5 system with the latest updates. This machine has three
> network adapters, each of which uses a different hardware driver.
>
> $ cat /etc/modprobe.conf
>
> alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
> alias eth0 3c59x
> alias eth1 e100
> alias eth2 8139too
>
>
> When I first boot, the eth0 and eth2 interfaces are logically attached to
> the wrong controllers. In /var/log/dmesg, the Realtek controller is loaded
> first, and attaches to eth0 and the 3Com controller loads last and attaches
> to eth2. If I stop the network service, remove the 3c59x and 8139too
> modules and restart the network, things get configured correctly. Is there
> a way to get things to work right when first booted?
>
You can try editing the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth?
files and make sure the HWADDR= lines have the correct MAC address
for the interfaces you want.
Mikkel
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