auto-boot network card

[James Black]

Hi Kuijper,
i dont have this issue with my ubuntu. it works fine. It's not good to
generalize your issue and assume it's an universal Ubuntu issue. it's
not polite.

Bram Kuijper wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> when I start up my Ubuntu Gutsy box, I always have to manually reboot my 
> network card, using sudo ifdown [cardname]; sudo ifup [cardname], in 
> order to get it to work.
>
> My question is: why do I always have to start my network card manually?
> Wouldn't it be logical if ubuntu just executes this ifdown/ifup 
> automatically upon booting?
>
> cheers,
>
> Bram
>
> PS 1: My dmesg is giving the following message on boot:
> [   35.977149] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network 
> Connection
> [   54.980261] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full 
> Duplex, Flow Control: RX
> [   54.980265] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
>
>
>
> PS 2: My eth0 settings are simple, nothing more than:
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
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