Public bug reported: there is no crash or app report available when you try to configure more than 8 nics netplan gives the following error and only configures the first 8
DEBUG:netplan generated networkd configuration exists, restarting networkd DEBUG:no netplan generated NM configuration exists DEBUG:device enp0s17 operstate is up, not replugging DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for enp0s17 DEBUG:device enp0s8 operstate is up, not replugging DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for enp0s8 DEBUG:device enp0s18 operstate is up, not replugging DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for enp0s18 DEBUG:device enp0s16 operstate is up, not replugging DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for enp0s16 DEBUG:device enp0s9 operstate is up, not replugging DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for enp0s9 DEBUG:device lo operstate is unknown, not replugging DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for lo DEBUG:device enp0s10 operstate is up, not replugging DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for enp0s10 DEBUG:device enp0s3 operstate is up, not replugging DEBUG:netplan triggering .link rules for enp0s3 DEBUG:replug enp2s0: unbinding 0000:02:00.0 from /sys/bus/pci/drivers/e1000 DEBUG:replug enp2s0: rebinding 0000:02:00.0 to /sys/bus/pci/drivers/e1000 DEBUG:device enp0s19 operstate is up, not replugging looking in the drivers directory you can see ni9 is on a different address # ls -als /sys/bus/pci/drivers/e1000 total 0 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 27 13:12 . 0 drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 0 Jan 27 13:02 .. 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 27 13:11 0000:00:03.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 27 13:11 0000:00:08.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 27 13:11 0000:00:09.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 27 13:11 0000:00:0a.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 27 13:11 0000:00:10.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 27 13:11 0000:00:11.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 27 13:11 0000:00:12.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 27 13:11 0000:00:13.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 27 13:11 0000:02:00.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:19.0/0000:02:00.0 This has been found in ALpha 1 & 2 for desktop and Alpha 2 for server. if the 9th nic is bought up manually using ifconfig it works my netlan config file # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system# For more information, see netplan(5). network: version: 2 renderer: networkd ethernets: enp0s3: dhcp4: no dhcp6: no addresses: [192.168.0.3/24] gateway4: 192.168.0.1 nameservers: addresses: [dnsserver1,dnsserver2] enp0s8: dhcp4: no dhcp6: no addresses: [192.168.1.3/24] gateway4: 192.168.1.1 nameservers: addresses: [dnsserver1,dnsserver2] enp0s9: dhcp4: no dhcp6: no addresses: [192.168.2.3/24] nameservers: addresses: [dnsserver1,dnsserver2] enp0s10: dhcp4: no dhcp6: no addresses: [192.168.3.3/24] nameservers: addresses: [dnsserver1,dnsserver2] enp0s16: dhcp4: no dhcp6: no addresses: [192.168.4.3/24] nameservers: addresses: [dnsserver1,dnsserver2] enp0s17: dhcp4: no dhcp6: no addresses: [192.168.5.3/24] nameservers: addresses: [dnsserver1,dnsserver2] enp0s18: dhcp4: no dhcp6: no addresses: [192.168.6.3/24] nameservers: addresses: [dnsserver1,dnsserver2] enp0s19: dhcp4: no dhcp6: no addresses: [192.168.7.3/24] nameservers: addresses: [dnsserver1,dnsserver2] enp2s0: dhcp4: no dhcp6: no addresses: [192.168.8.3/24] nameservers: addresses: [dnsserver1,dnsserver2] ** Affects: nplan (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1748958 Title: Netplan does not allow greater that 8 nics to be configured To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nplan/+bug/1748958/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs