On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Kahlil Hodgson <kahlil.hodgson at 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