stupid networking question

Stefan Monnier monnier at iro.umontreal.ca
Thu Jan 8 19:21:46 CET 2009


>> It looks now like that:
>> 
>> auto lo
>> iface lo inet loopback
>> 
>> # freerunner
>> auto usb0
>> allow-hotplug usb0
>> iface usb0 inet static
>> address 192.168.0.200
>> netmask 255.255.255.192
>> post-up /etc/network/freerunner start
>> pre-down /etc/network/freerunner stop

> You should only use "auto usb0" or "allow-hotplug usb0" but not both at
> the same time.

Why not?  "auto" is the same as "allow-auto" and nothing says you can't
have "allow-toto eth0" and "allow-tata eth0" and "allow-titi eth0".

So if you have both "allow-hotplug" and "auto" for the same interface,
it just means you want to bring it up at boot and you also want to bring
it up when it gets plugged in.


        Stefan





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