Re: Problem setting up wired networking

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 14 November 2008 19:05:51 Bill Nottingham wrote:
>  Anne Wilson (cannewilson(a)googlemail.com) said:
>  > > > <quote>
>  > > > dmesg:
>  > > > udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1.
>  > > > </quote>
>  > > >
>  > > > No reason visible
>  > >
>  > > This is udev, renaming the device based on configuration
>  > > in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (written by
>  > > anaconda, and updated by udev on device add), or from
>  > > the HWADDR field in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-XXX
>  > > (written by anaconda, or system-config-network, or the user
>  > > by hand.)
>  >
>  > But why?
>
>  Because modules are loaded in parallel on boot, so interfaces
>  can come up named different things on each boot depending on
>  delays, etc. udev is renaming them based on the configuration
>  in the system so that the devices remain the same from boot
>  to boot.
>  
Bill, I've used wireless on other systems for quite a long time, and I've 
never come across such a situation.

Anne