Re: [PLUG] Where are My Network Cards?

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

Obviously make a backup first.  I think you can also hand edit the MAC
access in the file, if you want.  But yeah, fiddle around and you'll
sort it out. :-)

On 11/02/2014 07:53 PM, Casey Bralla wrote:
> 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!

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