[olug] Two Network Cards

[Luke -Jr]

On Friday 07 March 2008, Will Langford wrote:
> >  I guess it depends on the order in which the ports are detected.
> >  In 10 years of working with Debian-based OSes, the eth numbering
> >  has always matched the numbers stamped on the back of the machine
> >  next to each plug.
>
> If they're two different makes, you can use 'alias ethX drivername',
> and most distros will get ya loaded appropriately.
>
> If they're the same make, you're at the mercy of the module's probe
> order unless you take extra steps.

Uh, that is quite obsolete info... nowadays network interfaces are named by 
udev.