On Wednesday 18 May 2016 11:37:59 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 18 May 2016 16:14:36 Gene Heskett wrote: > > auto lo eth0 eth1 > > > > Its there in the complete interfaces file I just posted, and you > > snipped. > > Gene - we have, I think, established that your set-up doesn't work the > way predicted. > > The one thing that looks very different to me is the sticking of all > three interfaces in one line like that. I have always had them > separate, each in its own section. Also you have: > address 127.0.0.1 > netmask 255.0.0.0 > which I haven't sen before. > I can't see they would matter, but something does. > > Lisi > ----- > Here is my "standard" file; > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > # auto eth0 > # iface eth0 inet dhcp > > # iface eth0 inet static > # address 192.168.0.2 > # netmask 255.255.255.0 > # gateway 192.168.0.1 > # network 192.168.0.0 > # dns-nameservers 212.23.3.100 212.23.6.100 > > > # The secondary network interface > auto eth1 > # iface eth1 inet dhcp > > iface eth1 inet static > address 192.168.0.2 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.0.1 > network 192.168.0.0 > dns-nameservers 212.23.3.100 212.23.6.100 > ---------------------------------------------------- > At that point I was only using one, though not necessarily the same > one, so I ad to comment out as necessary.
I just re-arranged my interfaces file with 3 auto lines like you suggested. One iface name above each iface description. No diffs that I can see. As installed it had an "auto lo eth0" line at the top of the file. Thanks Lisi. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>