On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 19:54:07 -0500, Philip Webb wrote:

> By accident during my update of my ASUS EEE (now successfully
> completed), I discovered that it connects automatically to the Internet
> when the physical connection is plugged in,
> while my desktop machine (AMD + Gigabyte mobo) has to be told by
> 'dhcpcd'.
 
> I've checked  /etc/runlevels/default  &  /etc/udev  in both machines,
> but can't see anything different between the two.

Check /etc/rc.conf, especially the hotplug section.

Also check whether you have ifplugd or netplug installed on your laptop
but not on the desktop.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Angular Momentum Makes The World Go 'Round

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