10 Aug
2012
10 Aug
'12
4:15 p.m.
On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Kahlil Hodgson kahlil.hodgson@dealmax.com.au wrote:
On 10/08/12 09:18, Reindl Harald wrote:
and that is why i use /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to pin device-name / MAC and no mac-address in ifconfig-scripts since many years
+1
Alternatively, with the biosdevname, you can pin the interface name to the pci(e) slot. That way its a trivial exercise to get 'remote hands' to swap out a dead nic -- no need to fiddle with the mac address.
And if you don't...
Doing remote hands to swap a bad NIC with someone non-Linux qualified in another country, just became the seriously sucky part of your day. BTDT. Got the t-shirt.
Nate