Re: [PLUG] Where are My Network Cards?

["Keith C. Perry" <kperry@daotechnologies.com>]

I know a lot of people seem to obsess about the interface names but the udev naming persistance is a pita.  Unless you have a lot of references to your interface names, I would just get the new ones with "ifconfig -a", update the interface file and be done with it.

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KP-

On Nov 2, 2014 7:53 PM, Casey Bralla <maillist@NerdWorld.org> 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! 
> > 
> > Later, 
> > JP 
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