If it's as simple as sticking the MAC address into the ifcfg-eth file, I can live with that. But only ifcfg script that exits in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ is ifcfg-lo I have no idea what k3wl is. Thanks for the replies. 2012/8/9, m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>: > Scott Robbins wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 12:33:43PM -0500, Richard Reina wrote: >>> I have just installed 6.3 on a machine that was previously running >>> 5.8. Under 5.8 eth0 was eth0. Now with 6.3 /sbin/ifconfig gives me lo, >>> wlan0 and p4p1 (instead of eth0). I would like to make the ethernet a >>> static IP as I intend to for this to be machine used on my LAN only. >>> However, when I do /usr/sbin/setup -> Network Configuration the device >>> is not listed. Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can >>> fix it. Or if not how I can set a static and persistent IP address for >>> the ethernet? >> >> >> Well...... >> >> I tend to agree with the slashdot commentator who called it >> overcomplicated and unnecessary. It's another idea from > > Yup. The difference between that, and sticking the MAC address into a > simple, existing config file is, oh, that's right, it's k3wl. > >> Fedora, the theory, IIRC, was that this way, devices would always have >> the >> same name, whereas under the method that has been used device names could >> change on a reboot. (Haven't experienced that myself, but dunno). > > I have. Putting the MAC address into ifcfg-eth? fixes it. > > <method elided> > > EXCEPT that in 6.x, you really need to edit > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistant-net.rules, too, or take the MAC out of > ifcfg-eth?, since it needs to be in 70-blahblah. > > mark > > >> >> If you google Fedora biosdevname you'll come across various explanations. >> To change it back once the thing's been installed, I've always >> done it by first rpm -e biosdevname, then editing >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-whatever, changing the device >> name in there to eth0, changing the name of the file, e.g, ifcfg-p4p1 to >> ifcfg-eth0 and >> restarting. I haven't gotten it working by just restarting networking, >> but at any rate, if you >> know you don't want it during installation, you can add biosdevname=0 to >> the command line. >> >> >> -- >> Scott Robbins >> PGP keyID EB3467D6 >> ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) >> gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 >> >> Spike: Should I really trust you? >> Adam: Scout's honor. >> Spike: You were a Boy Scout? >> Adam: Parts of me. >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >