[ale] Debian network interfaces, get-mac-address.sh and nameif

Fri Sep 2 13:45:03 EDT 2005

On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 13:30 -0400, Grant Robertson wrote:
> I've had trouble finding documentation that makes sense on this.
> forgive me if this is an old dead issue. 
> 
> I have a debian machine with two network interfaces, these are on
> different networks. 
> 
> How can I create a /etc/network/interfaces file that knows which
> interface is which by MAC address? I've seen something like this done
> on fedora. 
> 
> Thanks!
> -G
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Fedora and Redhat configs use this parameter:

HWADDR=00:0E:A6:45:CD:FF

But this is how I think Debian does this:

<quote>

     # install -m770 /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/match-mac-
address.sh \
        /usr/local/sbin/

Then add a stanza like the following to /etc/network/interfaces:

     mapping eth0
             script /usr/local/sbin/match-mac-address.sh
             map 02:23:45:3C:45:3C net1
             map 00:A3:03:63:26:93 net2

</quote>

Taken from:

http://64.233.187.104/linux?q=cache:-0kcS4T2KKIJ:www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html+debian+%22/etc/network/interfaces%22+MAC+&hl=en

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