[wplug] two nics

[Ryan W. Frenz]

I edited /etc/modules/d/alias as you said, but when I boot with just the 
wireless it still sees it as eth0.  Any attempt to configure it as eth1 
returns "no such device" or similar.

Ryan

Henry Umansky wrote:

> Gentoo contains a file called /etc/modules.d/alias.  In that file add 
> the following two lines:
>
> alias eth0 wired-driver-name
> alias eth1 wireless-driver-name
>
> replace wired-driver-name and wireless-driver-name with the respective 
> driver names.  So for example my file contains the following:
>
> alias eth0 b44   # Broadcom 4400 NIC card
> alias eth1 orinoco_cs  # Orinoco Gold PCMCIA wireless card
>
> After you edit this file, you need to run the command "modules-update".
>
>> From now on, your wired card will be eth0 and your wireless will be 
>> eth1.
>
>
> -Henry
>
> --On Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:10 PM -0500 "Ryan W. Frenz" 
> <rfrenz at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:r
>
>> I have two NICs for my laptop, running Gentoo.  I'm trying to set it up
>> such that I can use any combination of one or both without confusing the
>> system.  I want the regular NIC to be eth0, configured statically, and
>> the wireless to be eth1, configured with dhcp.  If I boot with only one
>> card inserted, the system tries to configure it as eth0 (statically) no
>> matter which it is.  Is there any way to specify which card belongs to
>> which interface?  I thought that modules.conf took care of this but I
>> guess not.
>>
>> Ryan
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