| Keith C. Perry on 2 Nov 2014 19:34:12 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Where are My Network Cards? |
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. --- 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 > > ----------------------------|:::======|------------------------------- > > JP Vossen, CISSP |:::======| http://bashcookbook.com/ > > My Account, My Opinions |=========| http://www.jpsdomain.org/ > > ----------------------------|=========|------------------------------- > > "Microsoft Tax" = the additional hardware & yearly fees for the add-on > > software required to protect Windows from its own poorly designed and > > implemented self, while the overhead incidentally flattens Moore's Law. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > -- > Casey Bralla > > Chief Nerd in Residence > The NerdWorld Organisation > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug