On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 09:26 Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote: >> > One of "allow-hotplug" or "auto", not both >> >> Any preference for either line? > > Use "auto" if the network interface is a permanent one, and "allow-hotplug" > if it's a transient one (removable, whatever). > > Interfaces configured as "auto" will be respected by systemd's > "network-online.target", meaning any service that you configure to > wait for network-online will wait for all "auto" interfaces to be > brought up. It will not wait for "allow-hotplug" interfaces.
That's very helpful. Sounds like it's the "auto" for my situation. Thanks much, Greg. Best, -Tom
