[ltp] eth0 or eth1 active ?

Richard linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:48:25 +0000 (GMT)


On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Torsten Wolf wrote:

> * Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> [06-01-31 13:08]:
>> This is the same stupid problem of ethX not being permanently mapped to
>> MAC addresses that seems to plague everyone from time to time.
> [...]
>> The proper way to solve it is to name the interfaces with a udev rule.
>> http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
>
> Another possible solution is the package ifrename:
>
>  8< snip
>

Which of these (udev rule or ifrename) is "The Right Way" to do it?
I suspect the former, but I may well be incorrect.

Richard