On Sun 25 Aug 2013 at 21:16:10 -0700, Robert Holtzm wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 07:38:55PM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote:
> > 
> > I'm not an expert at this stuff, but I believe you need that line--try 
> > uncommenting it.
> > 
> > Assuming eth0 is your internet card (where you plug in your Ethernet cable 
> > / 
> > RJ-45 connector, you want that to come up and get an IP address from dhcp.
> 
> If so, can you account for the fact that I couldn't get eth0 to connect
> until I commented out that line. BTW, that fix came from a forum. I
> disremember which one. A search should bring it up.

Anyone (like me) who uses ifupdown exclusively would cripple their
networking by commenting out

   iface eth0 inet dhcp

If you do not use it I think it is up to you to account for the
behaviour on your system.


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