25 Dec
2005
25 Dec
'05
21:04
Eric Hines wrote:
Additionally, this is what I may be beginning to understand: eth0 is an interface 00:11:11:...:A2 is a device (i.e., a NIC) ifcfg-eth-id... with IP addresses, and so on, is a configuration. I don't care if NIC/ethx pairing remains constant, all I care about is whether NIC/IP address remains constant.
Is this right? All I have to do is solve the wandering NIC/IP address pairing problem?
The question you should be asking yourself, is why eth0 etc., is a problem. I doubt a server needs to know. You configure a NIC for a given address and the IP stack takes care of the rest.