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From: Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Changing the NIC name
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:42:15
Message-Id: 200611061934.13990.grimlog@gmx.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Changing the NIC name by "Timothy A. Holmes"
1 Hi,
2
3 Am Montag, 6. November 2006 15:09 schrieb Timothy A. Holmes:
4 > Hi folks
5 > I have a snort server that I am building that has 2 nics in it
6 > One is a 10/100 realtec
7 > The other is a 10/100/1000 Intel Pro1000
8 > As the machine built, the realtech is eth0 and the intel is eth1
9 > I would like to reverse those two names, so that snort can use the
10 > higher capacity card for its sniffer. I am not quite sure where to look
11 > even to begin this process.
12
13 "nameif" does this.
14
15 # equery b nameif
16 [ Searching for file(s) nameif in *... ]
17 sys-apps/net-tools-1.60-r12 (/sbin/nameif)
18
19 # nameif <interface> <macaddress>
20
21 Hth,
22 Michael
23
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