How do I change my network card being called “devXXXX” instead of “ethX”?

Posted on November 2, 2006

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How do I change my [tag]network[/tag] card being called “devXXXX” instead of “ethX”?
The most common cause of this problem is when a new network interface inserted and configured before running kudzu. To fix the problem run kudzu and then modify the device entry in the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf file.

For example:


class: NETWORK
bus: PCI
detached: 0
device: dev25945
driver: e1000
desc: "Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)"
network.hwaddr: 00:11:22:33:44:55
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 1010
subVendorId: 8086
subDeviceId: 1012
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 10
pcidev: 1
pcifn: 0

Change device: dev25945 to the next available ethX device. For example: device: eth2

After the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf file has been corrected, please change the device name in the /etc/modprobe.conf file.
For example: alias ethX xxxxxx

Again, you are require to update /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX.

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