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Re: Ethernet connection weirdly not working mornings



On Thu 30 Jun 2011 at 11:02:18 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:

> By the way, it should be
> 
>    auto eth0
> 
> in /etc/network/interfaces. "allow-hotplug" makes only sense, if the network
> card is removable like, e.g., a pcmcia ethernet adapter.

No, it needn't be. Both run 'ifup eth0'. But there would be no harm done
in using it, unless you are bothered about the length of time to boot.

> Maybe, Scott Ferguson is right: the DHCP server "could" have just run out of leases.

It's an intriguing idea. So why does wlan0 get an address?


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