[PLUG] eth0 at boot ubuntu 10.04- auto eth0 is there

[Ron Kaye Jr <rekaye1005@verizon.net>]

thanks

net manager was easy

i was inconsistent with manual editting and net mgr

(big dummy)

Ron Kaye Jr
914-7294734

Sep 10, 2010 01:50:01 PM, plug@lists.phillylinux.org wrote:

>
> Ron,
>
> If you running a desktop,  the easiest way is to revert all changes to /etc/networking/interfaces
>and
> just use Network manager GUI ( Enter Static IP for eth0 )  or  remove Network
>manager and use wicd.
>
> If you need to use the command line,  make changes to /etc/networking/interfaces 
>and you may need
> to review the Debian manual:
>
>
>target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#_the_basic_network_configuration_with_ifupdown
>
> Perhaps hotplug is involved ?    The old way of just hard coding static IP's
>didn't really work well with unplugged
> cables, etc.  so I think Ubuntu (Debian) is now using hotplug or similar to
>handle this.
>
> FYI:
> On my Laptop ( Ubuntu 10.04 64bit) I use Network manager successfully with 
>any combination of
> cables,  WiFi,  and OpenVPN  and everything including DHCP, pushed DNS servers
>and pushed routes
> works after added resolvconf per my howto:
>
>
>target="_blank">http://plug.4aero.com/Members/lmarzke/howto/openvpn-push-dns
>
> For my servers,  I use Ubuntu 10.04 64bit server, ( running on Vsphere + ESXi
>4.0 ) and it works normally
> using /etc/networking/interfaces
>
> Lee
>
>
> On 09/10/2010 11:13 AM, Ron Kaye Jr wrote:
>
>
> got that
>
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> # iface eth0 inet dhcp
> iface  eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.1.51
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 192.168.1.0
> broadcast 192.168.1.255
> gateway 192.168.1.1
>
> doesnt fire eth0 at boot
> cli does work
>
> Ron Kaye Jr
> 914-7294734
>
> Sep 9, 2010 01:35:50 PM,
>class="parsedEmail parsedEmail">plug@lists.phillylinux.org wrote:
>
>>On Thu, Sep 09,
>2010 at 10:44:03AM -0500, Ron Kaye Jr wrote:
> >> how can i bring up eth0 at boot?
> >> cant seem to find it
> >
> >in /etc/network/interfaces:
> >
> >auto eth0
> >
> >i Refer you to The Fine Manual interfaces(5) for further info :)
> >
> >
> > sean
> >
> >
> >

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