NIC assignment in FC5

[Alphax]

Thomas Sprinkmeier wrote:
> I have an FC5 box with 3 NIC's.
> 

Maybe it's just the caffeine talking, but I think you need a router :)

> It seems that every time it boots it randomises which NIC is assigned to
> which eth device.
> 
> I think it's because I've removed the MAC address from the ifcfg-eth<n>
> files ('cos I want to clone the disk to 3 other boxes).
> 

Do the 3 other boxxen also have have 3 NICs each?

> Does anyone know if the MAC address listed in the config file actually
> does tie a NIC to an eth device?
> 
> Is there another mechanism I could use which would be portable to the
> other boxes (with obviously different MAC addresses)?
> 
> The fallback is to put the MAC addresses back in and edit the cloned
> disks as required :-(
> 

How often do you plan to clone them? Is editing the config scriptable?

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