[CentOS] weird network interface name

hmmm... it still show devXXXX but when ir estart the server it gets the
right ip. but how come it still shows the dev10671 and not eth1.


dev10671  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Mask:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
          inet6 addr: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
          TX packets:1169 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2267861 (2.1 MiB)  TX bytes:76680 (74.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdf00


On 8/1/06, William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 20:19 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > Mark Quitoriano schrieb:
> >
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > i have a problem in one of my centos boxes. I installed CentOS 4.3. I
> > > addedd
> > > additionl interface card in this server and when i execute ifconfig
> > > command
> > > i see devNNN(where n is a random number). And when i restart the
> > > server the
> > > NNNN always change.
> > >
> > >
> > > dev9926   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> > >          inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Mask:
> > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> > >          inet6 addr: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Scope:Link
> > >          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> > >          RX packets:8304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
> > >          TX packets:3848 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
> > >          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > >          RX bytes:937839 (915.8 KiB)  TX bytes:351719 (343.4 KiB)
> > >          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdf00
> >
> > Make sure you have a valid /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<device>
> > (<device> may be eth1) and set an alias for that device in
> > /etc/modprobe.conf.
>
> ACK! I didn't think he might not have an alias! Standard system
> installation puts one in. If he is adding another NIC and it is not the
> same type as what is there already, he would need to add, as you say.
>
> >
> > Alexander
> > <snip sig stuff>
>
> --
> Bill
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