[wplug] roaming nic cards on rh9

[Vanco, Don]

redhat-config-network

tie interfaces to MAC addresses

Don

wplug-admin at wplug.org 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
>