I have just installed 6.3 on a machine that was previously running 5.8. Under 5.8 eth0 was eth0. Now with 6.3 /sbin/ifconfig gives me lo, wlan0 and p4p1 (instead of eth0). I would like to make the ethernet a static IP as I intend to for this to be machine used on my LAN only. However, when I do /usr/sbin/setup -> Network Configuration the device is not listed. Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can fix it. Or if not how I can set a static and persistent IP address for the ethernet? Thanks, Richard
On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 12:33:43PM -0500, Richard Reina wrote:> I have just installed 6.3 on a machine that was previously running > 5.8. Under 5.8 eth0 was eth0. Now with 6.3 /sbin/ifconfig gives me lo, > wlan0 and p4p1 (instead of eth0). I would like to make the ethernet a > static IP as I intend to for this to be machine used on my LAN only. > However, when I do /usr/sbin/setup -> Network Configuration the device > is not listed. Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can > fix it. Or if not how I can set a static and persistent IP address for > the ethernet?Well...... I tend to agree with the slashdot commentator who called it overcomplicated and unnecessary. It's another idea from Fedora, the theory, IIRC, was that this way, devices would always have the same name, whereas under the method that has been used device names could change on a reboot. (Haven't experienced that myself, but dunno). If you google Fedora biosdevname you'll come across various explanations. To change it back once the thing's been installed, I've always done it by first rpm -e biosdevname, then editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-whatever, changing the device name in there to eth0, changing the name of the file, e.g, ifcfg-p4p1 to ifcfg-eth0 and restarting. I haven't gotten it working by just restarting networking, but at any rate, if you know you don't want it during installation, you can add biosdevname=0 to the command line. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Spike: Should I really trust you? Adam: Scout's honor. Spike: You were a Boy Scout? Adam: Parts of me.
On 10/08/12 03:33, Richard Reina wrote:> I have just installed 6.3 on a machine that was previously running > 5.8. Under 5.8 eth0 was eth0. Now with 6.3 /sbin/ifconfig gives me lo, > wlan0 and p4p1 (instead of eth0). I would like to make the ethernet a > static IP as I intend to for this to be machine used on my LAN only. > However, when I do /usr/sbin/setup -> Network Configuration the device > is not listed. Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can > fix it. Or if not how I can set a static and persistent IP address for > the ethernet?try editing /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules change p4p1 to eth0 as the value for NAME reboot hope this helps K -- Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson GPG: C9A02289 Head of Technology (m) +61 (0) 4 2573 0382 DealMax Pty Ltd (w) +61 (0) 3 9008 5281 Suite 1415 401 Docklands Drive Docklands VIC 3008 Australia "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
On 10/08/12 09:18, Reindl Harald wrote:> and that is why i use /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to > pin device-name / MAC and no mac-address in ifconfig-scripts since > many years+1 Alternatively, with the biosdevname, you can pin the interface name to the pci(e) slot. That way its a trivial exercise to get 'remote hands' to swap out a dead nic -- no need to fiddle with the mac address. K -- Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson GPG: C9A02289 Head of Technology (m) +61 (0) 4 2573 0382 DealMax Pty Ltd (w) +61 (0) 3 9008 5281 Suite 1415 401 Docklands Drive Docklands VIC 3008 Australia "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925