Re: Setting up Network for Xen

[ray <ray@aarden.us>]

On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 10:30:04 PM UTC-6, Reco wrote:
> 
> Your /etc/network/interfaces does not try to bring usb0 up, so not
> working xenbr0 is to be expected. You need something like this instead:
> 
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> allow-hotplug usb0
> iface usb0 inet manual
> auto xenbr0
> iface xenbr0 inet dhcp
> bridge_ports usb0
> 
> Oh, and remove network-manager while you're at it. It can only
> complicate things, not simplify them.

Reco,

Thank you.  I will do that.  

I have not been able to determine the difference between auto and manual for:
iface usb0 inet manual

I understand that 'auto' provides for bringing up the interface at boot, and manual must mean that does not happen.  Does that mean that I should 'ifup' to do it?  What are the concerns for the choices?