[PLUG] Follow-up: Where are My Network Cards?

[Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>]

Thanks to all for the good advice!   

I saved the old file, installed the new NICs, and rebooted.   The 3 interfaces 
appeared as expected and everything worked just fine.




On Sunday 2014-11-02 7:56:03 PM JP Vossen wrote:
> 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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