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Koby Joined: Jun 26, 2008 Posts: 1 Other Topics	Posted Jun 26, 2008 at 7:21:25 PM Subject: Ethernet stay down after reboot Hi, i have changed IP address to a server. since then everytime i reboot the server the ETH0 is not coming up. only after i apply "ifdown eth0" and afterwards "ifup eth0" the interface will come up. does anyone have any idea how can i set this interface so it will stay up even after boot - without any intervention? thanks, Koby
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chart3399 Joined Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 73 Other Topics	Posted: Jun 26, 2008 9:22:46 PM Subject: Ethernet stay down after reboot As you don't specify which flavor of Linux you are running the file locations might or might not apply to you. Check out /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth0 and make sure the option ONBOOT=yes is set.
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