Correction: after boot I have to use ifdown THEN ifup because the interface is supposedly "already configured" although it is NOT working or showing up in ifconfig. I can reproduce this using networking restart. It only seems to work (although bug 123773 shows up) when I use ifup or ifconfig up.
/etc/network/interfaces on gutsy box: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0:0 iface eth0:0 inet static address 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 -- ifup -a does not start alias interfaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114457 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs