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Debian: Force the order of ETH devices

It may be the day that you have a box with three interfaces that must be listed in a specific order. Debian can at times detect eth0 as one device, and then on the next reboot detect eth0 as a different device.


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Option 1

Use the script '/usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/get-mac-address.sh'. 

cp /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/get-mac-address.sh /usr/local/bin/get-mac-address.sh
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/get-mac-address.sh


You need to know what your MAC addresses are for each interface. You can get this by typing 'ifconfig eth0'... it is labeled as 'HWADDR' or something similar. Next, modify your '/etc/network/interfaces' (Configure similar to this): 

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0 eth1 eth2
mapping eth0 eth1 eth2
     script /usr/local/bin/get-mac-address.sh
     map 00:E1:71:2F:7E:E1 net0
     map 00:E2:81:1F:8E:E2 net1
     map 00:E0:71:1F:6E:F8 net2

iface net0 inet static 
     address 192.168.0.1
     netmask 255.255.255.0
     gateway 192.168.0.254

... etc


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Option 2

Add the modules to '/etc/modules' which lists the modules to load (forcing it to load in a particular order). Vi /etc/modules, and add: 

tg3
e1000


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Debian: Can not start networking

If you receive the error '/etc/network/run/ifstate' file does not exist, you might be running devfs: 

rm /etc/network/run
mkdir /etc/network/run


REFERENCE: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-changes/2005/04/msg00320.html

 ifupdown (0.6.4-4.11) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload
   * postinst:
     + Do not make /etc/network/run a symlink to /dev/shm/network/
       if devfs is in use.  (Closes: #266479)
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