Network cards get different numbers

[User Iam]

On 9/22/06, Erling Ringen Elvsrud <systemansvarlig at vagaungdomsskule.no>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
> I have 14 identical Dell latitude D505 machines. The problem is that the
> network interfaces get different numbers from machine to machine.
>
> For instance on one machine the wired ethernet interface is eth1 and the
> wireless interface is eth2
>
> On a different machine the wireless is eth3 and the wired eth2
>
> This is very frustrating when I update the machines with ghost for unix
> as the interface numbers in /etc/network/interfaces get all wrong. Is it
> possible to force the wired to be eth0 and the wireless to eth1?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Erling Ringen Elvsrud
>
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HI

I have seen this before and seems that the reason had to do with the way the
PCI controlled discovered cards in slots..

Someone will have a better idea?

User Iam
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