computer networkers, please rise

[Matt Alexander]

I remember reading somewhere that Linux assigns each eth device in a
particular order based on the PCI slot.  I think maybe it was the PCI slot
closest to the CPU would become eth0 and the next would become eth1, etc.
I could be completely off about this, however.  In the case of PCMCIA
cards that you're using, you could try experimenting by swapping them back
and forth, etc., to see which order it is on your system.  And for PCI
cards, you could plug one in at a time and configure it before adding the
next one.
~M

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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Eric wrote:

> With Linux, is there a for-sure way to know whether my top pcmcia slot is
> eth0 or eth1?  I feel like linux is playing switch-a-roo on me and messing
> me up.  Is that possible/likely/common?  I had this whole long nice reply to
> some of the nice comments I received.  While doing so, I accidentally
> plugged the cables into what "should" have been the wrong physical
> interfaces on HOST_B, but it turns out everything worked!
>
> That is, I plugged HOST_C/10.0.x.x into what "should have been"
> HOST_B/eth1/192.168.x.x while also "mistakenly" plugging in HOST_B eht0
> 10.0.x.x into HOST_A 192.168.x.x.  But this all worked, but it "shouldn't"
> have because of my (mis)understanding as to which physical interface was
> assinged the logical interfaces eth1 or eth0.  Does that make sense?  How
> can I tell which is really assigned to which?
>
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