# Primary network interface is wrong...? **URL:** \ **Category:** SUSE Multi Linux Manager\ **Created:** [May 7, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/primary-network-interface-is-wrong/33912 "2019-05-07T12:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![christer\_solskogen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@christer\_solskogen](https://forums.suse.com/u/christer_solskogen)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/primary-network-interface-is-wrong/33912/1 "2019-05-07T12:36:31Z")
When registration a new client (ssh tunnel) the primary network interface is set to lo0, so the system recognizes 127.0.0.1 as the address instead of the ip of eth0. This was with a SLES15 client (not tried 12SP4 yet) but how can I can change the primary interface so that I won’t have to change the primary interface afterwards? ---
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**Author:** ![mcalmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mcalmer](https://forums.suse.com/u/mcalmer)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/primary-network-interface-is-wrong/33912/3 "2019-05-14T14:11:15Z")
[QUOTE=christer\_solskogen;57615]When registration a new client (ssh tunnel) the primary network interface is set to lo0, so the system recognizes 127.0.0.1 as the address instead of the ip of eth0. This was with a SLES15 client (not tried 12SP4 yet) but how can I can change the primary interface so that I won’t have to change the primary interface afterwards?[/QUOTE] The mechanism to auto-select the primary network interface just look for the outgoing connection to reach the SUSE Manager Server. With ssh-tunnel this is always localhost. You can change it only after the system is available. ---
**Author:** ![christer\_solskogen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@christer\_solskogen](https://forums.suse.com/u/christer_solskogen)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/primary-network-interface-is-wrong/33912/4 "2019-05-16T16:26:47Z")
[QUOTE=mcalmer;57674]The mechanism to auto-select the primary network interface just look for the outgoing connection to reach the SUSE Manager Server. With ssh-tunnel this is always localhost. You can change it only after the system is available.[/QUOTE] But that’s an error, I think. Because it does not happen with SLES12SP4.