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Re: no eth0 connection



On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 10:31:54PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> I seem to remember this happening after an update but I'm not positive.
> It did work before. My wireless connection continues to work.
> 
> Looked at the usual suspects, /etc/ network/interfaces, /etc/resolv.conf, 
> etc but everything looked the same as before as close as I remember.
> 
> Searching on the subject line turns up a lot of hits but nothing I tried
> produced a connection.
> 
> Didn't see anything applicable in dmesg but I may have missed it. 
> 
> ifup eth0 gives "Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0
> 
> Running Debian 7.4 on a Lenovo t420 w/ 4G RAM and an Intel i3.
> 
> Being pretty ignorant about networking, I'm at a loss as to where to 
> begin trouble shooting. Any pointers appreciated.


Embarrassing admission: It looks like a bad ethernet cable. I thought I
had checked for that, but I guess not.



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