Question on Network configuration

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Tuesday 27 September 2005 12:48, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> > In Windows it grabs a DHCP address automatically and I get a connection
> > at all
> > locations without having to change everything.  Is there a way to do this
> > in Kubuntu?
>
> It's identical in Linux.
>
> In /etc/network/interfaces:
>
>   # The primary network interface
>   iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> will do it.
> --
> derek


Derek,

That is what I thought, however it doesn't appear to be working that way.  
Until I issue the ifdown -> ifup I am able to connect to  the network.