David Bruce wrote: > shawn wilson wrote: > >> allow-hotplug eth0 > >> iface eth0 inet static > >> ... > > > > Add 'auto eth0' > > Sorry to be dense about this, but is "auto eth0" applicable to > automatically do a static ip assignment to an interface on boot, as > well as being applicable to invoking dhcp for an interface on boot? Yes. The old default was 'auto' (aka allow-auto). The new default is 'allow-hotplug'. But both can be specified and having both are useful. You you Osamu Aoki for this fine documentation here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#list-of-stanzas-in-eni The 'auto' configures /etc/init.d/networking to use it when the networking subsystem is started or restarted. The 'allow-hotplug' starts the interface when the device becomes available to the kernel. You may want to review the mailing list archive thread starting here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/01/msg00974.html Bob
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