CentOS 6.4 eth0 renamed p4p2

Ed plug at 0x1b.com
Sat Apr 26 20:32:51 MST 2014


On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 8:14 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed CentOS 6.4 and am not able to reach it or ping out from the box.
> I started the network and ifconfig -a shows 3 devices, localhost,  p4p2, and
> wlan0 .
>
> The HWaddr is different for p4p2, and wlan0.  As far as I know I only have
> one NIC card.
>
> Looking in dmesg is how I discovered eth0 was renamed to p4p2.
>
> This is a year old unmodified i3 Dell, except for the second HD I added.
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Keith
>

Keith,
It's the CentOS, not your hardware. The p4p2 is your new eth0 - it is
bus identified so those with multiple NIC don't face musical chairs
with which NIC gets to eth0 first. It is a feature - sorry.  see:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming
















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