[Tfug] Frustrating: determining eth0 or eth1

[Matt Jacob]

On 6/24/07, Harry McGregor <micros at osef.org> wrote:
> Debian Etch and above uses persistent network interferfaces, based on
> MAC addresses.
>
> It drives me nuts with my classes, as if a student moves between
> computers (each with a via rhine and an rtl8169) they get two new
> interfaces, and networking is setup on the old interfaces
> (/etc/network/interfaces).
>
> You can change this by editing /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_pesistent_net (or
> something close to that).

Thanks, Harry! That was exactly the problem. (Thanks also to Robert,
who tried really hard to help me troubleshoot the issue.)

Matt