[wplug] roaming nic cards on rh9

[Rick Smith]

I have these lines in my /etc/modules.conf file:
  alias eth0 orinoco_pci
  alias eth1 8139too

That keeps thing predictable.

On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 02:15:29PM -0500, Joseph Greenawlt wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a dell laptop, that when when I boot at home (i.e. not in the 
> docking station) my wireless nic moves to eth1 because of course eth1 
> (dock) isn't present anymore.
> This makes sense, but because one is wireless and one is lan, i have to 
> rip out eth1 and reinstall it for the wireless.
> Is there a way to "hard" configure these nics so that if they aren't 
> present they're just disabled?
> Or has anyone written any scripts that they wouldn't mind shareing to 
> autoconfigure nics based on their availability?
> 
> Any help appreciated, thanks in advance.
> Joe
> 
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