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> Setting up some peristent udev rules keyed on a NIC's MAC address will |
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> help keep things orderly for you. |
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I deleted the persistent-net.rules file and rebooted and everything |
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came up properly numbered. eth0 was being renamed to eth1 previously |
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because I had used that hard drive on a different motherboard. |
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>> My laptop's |
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>> r8169 eth0 appears under ifconfig even when there's no ethernet cable |
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>> attached. That's the expected behavior isn't it? |
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> Sure; ifconfig will even tell you if the link is up or down. Just |
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> because the link is down doesn't mean the interface isn't there. :) |
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I see eth0 under ifconfig on my laptop but not on my desktop. |
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Strangely, on my desktop eth0 does appear under iwconfig (no wireless |
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extensions). dmesg pertaining to eth0 and r8169 looks normal. lspci |
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-v says: |
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Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI |
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Express Gigabit Ethernet controller |
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Kernel driver in use: r8169 |
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But no eth0 under ifconfig. |
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- Grant |
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