Re: Restarting network

[Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za>]

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 05:43:18PM +1000, CaT wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 09:15:35AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> > Apparently '/etc/init.d/networking restart' is depricated.  It is not
> > doing the job any more on squeeze. 
> > 
> > '/etc/init.d/ifplugd restart' ignores virtual interfaces defined in
> > /etc/network/interfaces.
> > 
> > So how do I get my virtual interfaces active after a reboot or restart of the
> > network without having to do 'ifup eth0:0' by hand?
> 
> Why not use 'auto <interface>' before each interface definition?

I removed it because of this documentation from the Debian Reference Manual:
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"Here is how to use the ifplugd package for the internal Ethernet port,
e.g. eth0.

   1. Remove stanza in "/etc/network/interfaces": "auto eth0" or "allow-hotplug eth0".
   2. Keep stanza in "/etc/network/interfaces": "iface eth0 inet ?" and "mapping ?".
   3. Install the ifplugd package.
   4. Run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure ifplugd".
   5. Put eth0 as the "static interfaces to be watched by ifplugd".
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I did now put the 'auto eth0:0' back and did reboot the system.  This
time eth0:0 came up.

Regards
Johann
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