[Techtalk] NIC modules under Debian

[Robyn Manning]

> What you need to do is create a file called /etc/modutils/network
> 
> in that file, put this :-
> 
> 
> ----- cut here -----
> alias eth0 tulip
> alias eth1 3c59x
> alias eth2 epic100
> ----- cut here -----
> 
> write the file (as root) 
> 
> next, remove the tulip, 3c59x, epic100 lines from /etc/modules and then
> run (again as root) update-modules the update-modules utility will
> regenerate the /etc/modules.conf file with the correct entries.
> 
> hey presto, your network interfaces will once again be in the correct
> places :)
> 
> You'll need to stop all the networking with "/etc/init.d/networking stop",
> unload the modules, then run "/etc/init.d/networking start" to make it
> take effect.  You can also do it on a per interface basis with ifup(8) and
> ifdown(8).
> 
> you don't need to force the modules to be loaded, since that will happen
> automagically as the network interfaces are brought up with the info from
> /etc/network/interfaces
> 
> tada!
> 
> have fun :)

Thanks Maria, I'll have a look at that also.

Robyn
 
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