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Old 08-28-2012, 05:58 AM   #1
hamidi2
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910607 - how to bring up ethernet at startup?


hi
whenever i bring up system i've to login as root and enter the following commands:
ifconfig eth1 up
dhclient
so that Windows client can see it. is there a way that this work be done automatically?
 
Old 08-28-2012, 07:51 AM   #2
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On debian the file /etc/network/interfaces shuld have an entry like this:
auto eth0
Iface eth0 dhcp

But it might be different in other distributions
 
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Old 08-28-2012, 09:03 AM   #3
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yeah, that's the answer
thx
 
  


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