Re: [PLUG] Where are My Network Cards?

[Casey Bralla <maillist@NerdWorld.org>]

So to fix this, I would reinstall the new cards, delete the existing file
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, and allow it to be automatically
regenerated on the next boot?


On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:45:55 -0500, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> Specifically (probably):
> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
> 
> That one has bitten me so many times...usually when messing with VMs,
> but sometimes this way too.
> 
> 
> On 11/02/2014 07:40 PM, Carl Johnson wrote:
>> check your udev rules.
>> 
>> On November 2, 2014 7:36:40 PM EST, Casey Bralla
>> <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:
>>> Another one of these blindingly simple problems that has me stumped.
>>>
>>> I'm upgrading my network infrastructure to gigabit eithernet.   So I
>>> bought 3 
>>> gigabit eithernet cards for my old P3 box that runs a 3-interface
>>> firewall 
>>> under a stock Debian 7.x wheezy system.   I__should__ have been able
to
>>> simply 
>>> swap out the cards, but alas, it was not to be.
>>>
>>> When I installed the 3 new cards, NONE of the my old eth0, eth1, or
>>> eth2 
>>> interfaces appeared.   Oddly, I see that they are created in the dmesg
>>> output, 
>>> but when I type Ifconfig, only the local interface is present.
>>>
>>> Swapping back the original cards brings the normal eth0, eth1, & eth2 
>>> interfaces back as expected.
>>>
>>> Debian has not started the logical (but sometimes confusing) renaming
>>> process 
>>> for network interfaces like Gentoo has, so I thought this change would
>>> be 
>>> painless.   
>>>
>>> Obviously, I'm missing something... and its probably something
obvious.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Can somebody point me in the right direction?
>>>
>>> TIA!
> 
> Later,
> JP
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