On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 8:14 PM, keith smith <
klsmith2020@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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