[CentOS] How Do I ...
Jobst Schmalenbach
jobst at barrett.com.au
Fri Apr 16 02:33:43 UTC 2010
Yeah, but that has an advantage!
After you plug in the USB-nic you can do an ifconfig and
immediately know the HW address ... make up an "ifcfg-ethX" for
that ... plug in the next one ... ifconfig ... make up an "ifcfg-ethx"
for that one and so on.
I use this method to tap into bridged adsl connections, VOIP
interfaces etc ...
jobst
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:10:18AM -0500, Les Mikesell (lesmikesell at gmail.com) wrote:
> On 4/15/2010 10:32 AM, Fernando Gleiser wrote:
>
> >> in the olden days it was so easy, you had PCI cards and they were
> >> named by the slot number, starting with eth0 in PCI slot 1 and so on.
> >> Then
> >> came the inbuilt nics
> >> Then came the PCIx built nics
> >> Then came the PCI-e
> >> built nics
> >
> >> OUCH! ;-)
> >
> >
> > Then came blade servers with built-in nics you can't unplug because they're plugged to the blade center enclosure's internal switches :)
>
> Worse, and probably more to the point of non-deterministic hardware
> detection, you can plug in a USB->ethernet adapter anytime or several in
> any order.
>
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My Carpenter has a 1956 VW Beetle. He still can go to any place in Australia, use any Oil, spark plugs, pertol, tires, wiper blades, etc available today with a car that old. If only software would be like that.
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