This has always been a pet peeve of mine. Software labels a network port but gives no freaking clue as to which physical port it is. I'm getting ready to install pfSense in a VM and I'm running into this problem. The instructions say take note of the MAC address, Well duh, how do you determine which MAC address goes with which port? I'm using a 4 port Intel server NIC and I have no idea which whether the ports are numbered top to bottom or bottom to top and I have no idea whether or not the MAC addresses follow the same convention. Also, Hyper V and pfSense name the port which further adds to the confusion. So is there any standard way of determining which port is which? And also, some SW like Supermicro Superdoctor numbers the ports. Does all SW number the ports in the same order? Is there a standard?
TIA
TIA