Re: interface eth0 not comming up after network restart
On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 12:55:32 +0530
"Sumith augustine" <sumith.ml@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I ve installed etch in one of my sys, and am facing some issues with its
> networking.
>
> After "/etc/init.d/networking restart" the interface eth0 won't come up and
> won't be visible through the "ifconfig" command
> and if i try ping to some sys it says "Network is unreachable"
>
> ==============================================================
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith# /etc/init.d/networking restart
> Reconfiguring network interfaces...done.
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith# ping 192.168.0.1
> connect: Network is unreachable
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith#
> ===============================================================
>
> At this time ifconfig will show only Loopback and no eth0
> "netstat -rn" gives nothing
>
> ===============================================================
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith# ifconfig
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:697 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:697 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:186974 (182.5 KiB) TX bytes:186974 (182.5 KiB)
>
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith# netstat -rn
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
> Iface
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith#
> ================================================================
>
> If i reboot the sys or issue the command "ifup eth0" the interface eth0 will
> come up and now i can see it through "ifconfig"
> also netstat -rn gives output
>
> =================================================================
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith# ifup eth0
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith# ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:48:38:F5:47
> inet addr:192.168.0.72 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::280:48ff:fe38:f547/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:3648 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:2424 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:2732146 (2.6 MiB) TX bytes:463928 (453.0 KiB)
> Interrupt:201 Base address:0xd800
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:733 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:733 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:197918 (193.2 KiB) TX bytes:197918 (193.2 KiB)
>
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith# netstat -rn
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
> Iface
> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
> eth0
> tfbsrv:/home/sumith#
> ===========================================================================
>
> Can any one tell me why this is due to ?
> is this a bug in etch ?
> how can i fix it ?
>
> note:
> i ve installed testing packages of BackupPc and rsync
>
> thanks
> Regards
> Sumith
The interface will only be brought up if the 'interfaces' file has
something like 'auto eth0'.
Celejar
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