Re: Networking Q concerning /etc/network/interfaces
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun 12 Feb 2012 at 13:34:45 -0500, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>> What explains this apparent anomaly?
>>
>> I can't explain why eth0 has an Ip address but it isn't "UP".
>
> It's also bothered me as assigning an IP address automatically makes
> eth0 'UP'. But then taking the interface down afterwards leaves it with
> an address so only ' BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1' is shown
> in the output of ifconfig.
Thanks, I saw this explanation earlier in the thread.
>> Is eth1 being brought up by Network Manager?
>
> Apparently so.
Yes, and the last dmesg output proves it.
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