Re: Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates [SOLVED]
On Sat 07 May 2011 at 10:46:03 +0100, AG wrote:
> The file originally read: "iface eth0 inet *static*" (no quotes/
> emphases, of course)
In which case the complete stanza should have read:
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.x
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.254
with x specified by you.
> Just as an aside: as all of this happened when I rebooted after an
> uptime of 9 days, how could I determine which package change in updating
> my system during this time borked the settings? This was a very nasty
> surprise, but scouring the web I seem to have been the only one affected.
There may have been a configuration missetting rather thana package
failure.
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