eth assignments question

[Guillermo Garron]

On 8/24/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 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
Thanks,

regards,
Guillermo