ubuntu network not auto-starting

[David]

----- "Dazed_75" <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:


> Yes, ubuntu does use run levels differently.  Admittedly there is no
> fixed standard for most levels, but I have always thought they
> deviated from common usage for no good reason.
> 
> I have seen an article or posting saying that ubuntu did not handle
> dual nics nicely automatically and that some manual configuration was
> needed.  But that was some time ago and I was not able to find the
> article.  I do not know if it is still true for 7.04 and 7.10 where
> they really got going using NetworkManager which is fussy about the
> content of /etc/network/interfaces.  But for your 6.06 I don't think
> it was used.  Sorry I can't find that article.
> 
> OTOH, I noticed in your post there does not seem to be an auto clause
> for either eth2 or eth1 which seems like it could be your problem.  I
> am no expert, but ...

Well, I went ahead and changed this:

auto lo

to this:

auto lo eth1 eth2

I wasn't in a huge hurry to test it out, though.  However, lucky me, we had a power flicker, which forced a test :)

Much thanks for the fix!

David

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