Re: Is there a way to deterministically bring up two usb ethernet interfaces?

From: Chris <bsd-lists_at_bsdforge.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 20:59:49 UTC
On 2022-06-21 13:12, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 6/21/22 22:01, Bakul Shah wrote:
>> I think the problem is that the two interfaces don't always come up in the 
>> right sequence so which is ue0 and which is ue1 changes but they are 
>> connected to specific networks.
>> Thanks
> 
> Most likely not. Maybe devd events or sysctls can help you:
> 
> net.ue.0.%parent: axge0
> 
> This is a general problem with pluggable USB devices. Usually if the devices 
> are
> connected to the same USB HUB, they will come up deterministicly.
If your interest is one of naming && control. It might be enough to assign a 
name
via the adapters MAC address -- ie; assign the name us0 | ue1 to the 
adapter/NIC
your interested in by it's MAC address and that would give it to you.

HTH

Chris
> 
> --HPS