How to manage multiple network adapters under Linux system

When installing multiple network adapters on a Linux system, changing the name is not so simple, in the face of this multiple network card situation, Linux How to modify the name of the network card? Come along with the small weave to understand.

How does a Linux multiple NIC change the name?

1, a Linux machine installed 4 network cards, with two, the expansion of two, installed system, the expansion of two identified as Eth0,eth1, want to change the system two to Eth0,eth1

2, change the module alias in the/etc/modprobe.conf file

Like the alias Eth0 e1000e.

Alias Eth1 e1000e

Change to alias Eth2 e1000e

Alias Eth3 e1000e

3, change the network card configuration file name is Ifcfg-eth0, that is, swap

Mv/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-temp0

Mv/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-temp2

Mv/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-temp2/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

Mv/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-temp0/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2

4, change the configuration file, will device=eth0, corresponding to get rid of

5. Reload the NIC module

Modprobe eth0

Modprobe eth1

Modprobe eth2

Modprobe Eth3

6, restart network services/etc/init.d/network Restart, tried to restart the network does not, and then restarted the machine

7, check whether normal ifconfig

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