eth0 missing - Dapper counts from eth1 to eth3

[Gilles Gravier]

And your /etc/iftab should contain lines like :

etho mac 00:40:F4:A4:CF:8F

And if you have those, then they will map properly, and always, to what 
you expect.

Gilles.

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>
>   
>> On 7/26/06, rwilmink <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> On the previous distribution, I edited a configuration file somewhere
>>> to set the MAC-address of eth0 at startup, but I cannot remember
>>> where.
>>>       
>> Perhaps /etc/iftab ?
>>
>>     
> Definitely /etc/iftab
>
> I lost mine not too long ago (I can't recall whether it got uninstalled
> automatically or I actually deleted it) and now my wireless & wired
> interfaces come up randomly as either eth0 or eth1.  It's a _small_
> problem, because I have a few scripts (like fetchmail) that actually cared
> which was which, but for the most part it's no longer necessary that they
> stick to one name or the other.
>   

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