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Subject: Re: If eth0 goes down after a reboot, rules for it will be applied
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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:19:17 -0400
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Erik:

I dont know if this does exactly what you want, but have you tried 
putting a

HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

line into each /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethx
This should tie ethx to the specified mac address. Remember to update if 
you change hardware.

Regards,

gene/


Erik Enge wrote:

>Hi all.
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>I have a question about how ethernet cards work.  I send it here because
>I'm thinking that this community probably has dealt with it before, as
>it seems to me to be an obvious problem (with no apparent solution to
>me; hence this email).
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