Hello, New machine running the vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-amd64 kernel and 4 GB of ram.
I set up the /etc/network/interfaces file up as such: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 209.102.12x.xx netmask 255.255.255.0 network 209.102.124.0 broadcast 209.102.124.255 gateway 209.102.12x.x # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed dns-nameservers 20x.129.4x.2x 20x.10x.12x.xx 20x.10x.12x.xx dns-search pcez.com (The numbers are changed to protect the innocent) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules file looks like this the first time you boot it up? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules # program, probably run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file. # # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line. # MAC addresses must be written in lowercase. # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:98:68:74", NAME="eth0" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next time it boots up the machine does not recognize eth0 and there is a eth1 added to the above file. If I change the /etc/network/interfaces file to eth1 and do a ifup -a there is the Internet. Each time the machine is booted up the number climbs eth1 eth2 eth3 ... etc. Below is the z25_persistent-net.rules after 11 reboots, and if you want the ethernet to work you need to bump up the eth? in the interfaces file. If you remove the z25_persistent-net.rules file when you reboot it will set the ethernet to eth0. Any ideas? What I have done just so I can run the machine is to remove the z25_persistent-net.rules file as part of the reboot process. This works. Thanks, Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------- # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:98:68:74", NAME="eth0" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:26:35:2a", NAME="eth1" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:a5:e5:e6", NAME="eth2" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:71:d8:88", NAME="eth3" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:f4:d0:22", NAME="eth4" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:8e:b6:f5", NAME="eth5" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:b8:bd:71", NAME="eth6" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:26:5d:d1", NAME="eth7" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:b5:3a:51", NAME="eth8" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:a4:57:52", NAME="eth9" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:02:f1:58", NAME="eth10" # PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:00:6c:be:90:42", NAME="eth11" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]