Re: Bug? - Debian does not assign IP address after reboot?

[Seeker <seeker5528@comcast.net>]

On 9/16/2015 12:38 PM, linuxthefish wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After I reboot my Debian machine it does not assign an IP to eth0. It
> brings the interface up after a reboot, but does not set the IP on it!
> Running a cronjob every min to set the IP address is the only way to
> fix this, but why does it happen? Is this some sort of bug?
>
> My interfaces file is as follows:
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth0
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>    address 172.16.0.30
>    netmask 255.255.0.0
>
> allow-hotplug wlan1
> iface wlan1 inet static
>          wpa-ap-scan 1
>          wpa-scan-ssid 1
>        wpa-ssid connect
>        wpa-psk linuxthefish
> address 192.168.43.200
> netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> Please can someone tell me why this happens? :(
>
> Thanks!
I hope that is not your real wireless key.

If it is you might want to change it now that it has been shared in a 
public forum. ;-)

Later, Seeker