Clarification: Network Reconfiguration Question

[Earl Violet]

--- 7230 <yogich7230 at sc2000.net> wrote:

> I have changed the NIC on my Desktop box and, as a result, require 
> reconfiguration.  I suppose I could delete some config files but
> would not 
> know if I had them all.  Problem is, I used the installation engine
> to set 
> everything up the first time ...and as a result, do not know which
> app is 
> required for reconfig of the NIC.  It is not the same brand NIC, or
> I would 
> not be having this problem.
> 
> This is what I get when I attempt to bring up the interface(s):
> root at kubuntu:/home/yogi# ifconfig eth0 up
> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> 
> root at kubuntu:/home/yogi# ifconfig eth1 up
> eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> 
> This all used to work, and was utilizing connection sharing.  Now,
> I'm dead in 
> the water, and I need some pointers.
  I move my Debian and Ubuntu hard drives from my computer at home to
a couple of computers at the local computer club.  What I found is
that I have a configuration for each different location in the
/etc/network/interfaces file.  All I did was copy the one from my
home machine using DHCP setup and then labeled them eth1, eth2, etc. 
I have no problem at all.  I think that the ethx is based on the MAC
address.  A different eth for each MAC address.  I've never moved the
card with the disk from computer to computer to test my theory
though.

Earl


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