On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:19:26AM +0200, Micha wrote: > Is there a (not too complicated) way to get eth0 to come up automatically > (with dhcp) when the cable is plugged in and go down when it is disconnected? > > I currently have the default setup where it is defined as auto with dhcp, > so dhcp is always running, > /etc/network/interfaces: > > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > auto eth0
Try commenting out the 'auto eth0'. The 'allow-hotplug' should do what you need, but it is made ineffective by the 'auto', which keeps the interface up no matter what. At least that's what I think it does. See 'man interfaces' for more details. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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