An elementary question on LANs

[Digimer]

On 07/15/2011 03:00 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> What exactly sets up the correspondence between interfaces and LANs,
> eg (in my case) eth1 <-> 192.168.2.0 ?
> 
> I don't see any file in /etc/sysconfig , say,
> where this is specified.

It's mapped using 'HWADDR' in the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX and/or in
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.

http://wiki.alteeve.com/index.php/Changing_the_ethX_to_Ethernet_Device_Mapping_in_EL6_and_Fedora_12%2B

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