[Linux-Discussion] Re: configuring network adapters
- From: Paul Dickson <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: linux-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:20:57 -0700
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:58:12 -0500, Khalid, S. Arif wrote:
> I have SuSE 10.0 system that has motherboard ethernet ports (2) and a
> separately installed NIC. I need the NIC because a software package is
> licensed to its MAC ID.
> When I install the software, it does not find the NIC MAC ID. It either
> finds the motherboard network MAC ID or a blank. Apparently the software
> looks for the MAC ID that is associated with the name "eth0". If I
> configure the motherboard network adapter and the NIC in YaST, the
> motherboard address is always "eth0". I've even tried re-installing Linux
> and only setting up the separate NIC and it still gets assigned "eth1"
> rather than "eth0".
>
> Can I use "ifconfig" to change the "eth1" interface to "eth0"? If not, any
> other ideas?
According to ifconfig's man page:
ifconfig eth0 hw ether <address>
Does this work?
-Paul
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