topic Re: Migration from appliance to open server with identical interface names in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34422#M2794 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm at the center this minute. Thanks for the quick help. It worked fine. I'll give you a badge.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Mar 2018 19:02:13 GMT Christian_Wagen 2018-03-07T19:02:13Z Migration from appliance to open server with identical interface names https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34420#M2792 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is it possible to continue to use the interface names of an appliance on an open server?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:20:27 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34420#M2792 Christian_Wagen 2018-03-07T17:20:27Z Re: Migration from appliance to open server with identical interface names https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34421#M2793 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>On the open server under:</P><P></P><P><STRONG>/etc/udev/rules.d/00-OS-XX.rules</STRONG></P><P>from</P><P>...NAME="eth0"</P><P>to</P><P>...<STRONG>NAME="External"</STRONG></P><P></P><P>You can cange the interface name from "ethx" to the appliance interface name for example "External".</P><P>Then you must reboot the system.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:51:40 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34421#M2793 HeikoAnkenbrand 2018-03-07T17:51:40Z Re: Migration from appliance to open server with identical interface names https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34422#M2794 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm at the center this minute. Thanks for the quick help. It worked fine. I'll give you a badge.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Mar 2018 19:02:13 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34422#M2794 Christian_Wagen 2018-03-07T19:02:13Z Re: Migration from appliance to open server with identical interface names https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34423#M2795 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would recommend to always use the interface names of new appliance/open server, because such things as tinkering with udev-rules and so on are much more trouble (maybe not at first but later), than changing your clish configuration accordingly...</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:27:01 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34423#M2795 Norbert_Bohusch 2018-03-08T07:27:01Z Re: Migration from appliance to open server with identical interface names https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34424#M2796 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes, it is possible to change the GAIA Iiterfaces and the topology.&nbsp;I think this way is better.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>But the other way is quick and dirty.</P><P></P><P>I only use this to reorder the interface if necessary (EthX to MAC).</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Heiko</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:39:56 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Migration-from-appliance-to-open-server-with-identical-interface/m-p/34424#M2796 HeikoAnkenbrand 2018-03-08T13:39:56Z