Ethernet Ports

James McDonald james
Sat May 6 03:08:49 PDT 2006


Steve Jardine wrote:
> I have a system with about 4 interfaces and 4 ports on each interface. Can
> someone give me a clue as to how I can tell which eth corresponds to which port
> on which card. No, the cards are not labelled with MAC ID's..
>
> I really can't uninstall them either.. 
>
>
> Steve
>
>   
ifconfig

To get your MAC's and IP Addresses

If you know what networks you are connected to then you can ID the
physical cards like that.

Or just unplug the cables and then look at the output of ethtool ethX
and check for the Link Detected Yes/No status.






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