Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:48 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> >>>> The problem is when you clone a disk and ship it to a location with >>>> 'hands-on' support that doesn't know linux to install in a new chassis >>>> that will arrive there at the same time. Somehow you have to get >>>> someone to put the 4 network cables in the right NICs before anything >>>> can connect. With things tied to MAC addresses that you don't know >>>> ahead of time, nothing will work. <snip> >>> We have to go through contortions >>> plugging on cable in at a time, doing an 'ifconfig up' and checking >>> which interface shows link up. And the people doing that part wish >>> we used more windows instead of Linux. >> >> ifconfig up? Not ethtool eth? > > You have to do both. Link won't come up until you ifconfig up the > device - which of course is difficult when you don't know its name... I don't think so - pretty sure I was just using ethtool eth? the other week, to try to figure out the name of the port that I'd plugged the patch cord into. I *know* that the ones with nothing in them weren't up (and yes, obviously, I was at the console). mark