eth assignments question

[Derek Broughton]

Guillermo Garron wrote:

> On 8/23/06, Peter Hovorka <peter at fusselt.net> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I recently tried to use a ubuntu installation on user mode linux and I
>> ran into a strange problem.
>>
>> Normally, an assignment of
>>
>> ./vmlinux eth0=tuntap,tap1
>>
>> results in eth0 set up inside the UML instance according to the
>> assignment of tap1. This setup works with several distributions like
>> debian sarge, fedora core 5 etc.
>>
>> Ubuntu changes the assignment to eth2 - which would be the next free eth
>> number on the host server.

> I recently start using Ubuntu, actually I use Ubuntu at my Office, FC5
> on my Home Desktop and Centos on my laptop :)
> I could see that with ubuntu the eth0 becomes eth1 and the eth1
> becomes eth0 comparing with FC5 or Centos.

I can't answer Peter's question, but I doubt yours is related.  Just set
up /etc/iftab to force them where you want, if you care.  In my case, eth0
and eth1 come up randomly as either wireless or wired - and it makes no
difference to anything I'm using.
-- 
derek