eth0 or eth1? Not a problem but a puzzlement

[Derek Broughton]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

> Anytime I reboot my box it's a toss-up as to which will contain my
> connection to the internet, eth0 or eth1.  Sometimes it's one,
> sometimes the other.  I can't for the life of me figure out why nor how
> to cause it to be one or the other.

It's essentially random - whichever device wins the race to register.  

> Any ideas?  Any more data that I could/should supply?

man iftab

It should be there because I can't imagine you can run without udev these
days.
-- 
derek