[CentOS] ethernet card name eth1 randomly changes

Tue Aug 1 01:32:49 UTC 2006
Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org>

> im having problems installing my nic card. my eth1 keep on renaming randomly 
> to dev****. whenever i change the ifcfg network scripts at sysconfig and 
> reboot, the nic tends to renamed randomly. i have tried changing this thing 
> from davicom to 3com nic's.

Does it do the same thing when booted off of a live cd such as Knoppix?

Barry