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What are the interface prefix meanings in ifconfig?
I'm not sure if these have a name, but on most computers I use the interface prefixes are usually:
eth- : Ethernet/Wired
wlan- : Wireless/WiFi
However, on my ASUS RT-N56U, I have the following:
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Renamed network interfaces [duplicate]
A recent update on my Mint system caused the eth1 to end up being renamed as eth3 and therefore breaking all my firewall & forwarding rules. How does this happen? How can I enforce the network ...
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Virtual Interface Not Showing up in ifconfig?
I am trying to create a virtual interface for the purpose of NameBased Virtual Hosting on my CentOS linux box; please find below is the devices' information:-
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
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Postfix uses the interface alias instead of the primary interface
When sending e-mail with /usr/sbin/sendmail (e.g., using a script), Postfix causes the mail to be sent using one of the host's interface aliases (eth0:0, 74.50.122.55) instead of using the primary ...
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Regex awk to Cisco Interface
I would like to know if have some Sed/Grep or Awk regex to parse Cisco interface section, with specific attribute, like bellow.
Content of file.txt
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
no ip unreachables
!
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CentOS GUI problem using Gnome
For some reason lately when I try to set the date using the interface, or simply install a .rpm by double clicking the dialog that should prompt me to input my passowrd just shakes like it has a bug. ...
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switch network on and off of a virtual remote server
I need to perform a testing panel which disconnects a network cable and connect it again on a specific virtual server via a php web page.
I found that ip & ifconfig can disconnect a network, but ...
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Wait for interface to brought up before UDHCP
I am using an embedded linux distro with busybox utilities. During system boot I am configuring my interface via DHCP in startup scripts.
/etc/rcS.d/S40networking
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Network naming on Arch Linux
I've just installed Arch Linux on my old PC, to do the installation I used wifi-menu wlan0, now I've reboot but if I type:
ifconfig wlan0 up
I have as a result:
wlan0: ERROR while getting ...
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How do I set up several interfaces all bridged onto eth0?
I have found several guides to bridging a single interface (eg br0) onto eth0 but none for multiple interfaces (eg br0, br1 etc).
Is this possible?
