From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jun  3 06:37:32 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0798916A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>;
	Thu,  3 Jun 2004 06:37:32 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail.x9media.com (mail.x9media.com [81.209.147.66])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26F3A43D66
	for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>;
	Thu,  3 Jun 2004 06:37:31 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from thomas.may@x9media.com)
X-AuthUser: thomas.may@x9media.com
Received: from thomas (145.253.97.197:1486)
	by mail.x9media.com with [XMail 1.19 (FreeBSD/Ix86) ESMTP Server]
	<thomas.may@x9media.com>;	Thu, 3 Jun 2004 15:47:07 +0200
From: "Thomas May" <thomas.may@x9media.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 15:40:01 +0200
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409
Thread-Index: AcRJcAUktWVCGxg9Q0mK72p1Gp74BQ==
Message-Id: <20040603133731.26F3A43D66@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1
Subject: changing ethernetcard name
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 13:37:32 -0000

Hi,

 

is it possible to change the name of the ethernetcard, because freebsd gives
a name depending on the

chip of the Ethernet card.

 

Could I rename the cards as follow ?

 

 xl0 = eth0 , xl1 = eth1, and em0 = eth3 ?

 

Thanx