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  1. Bug #579941
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 579941

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Ashutosh Rishi (ashutoshrishi) wrote : Re: Upgrade removes eth0 from /etc/network/interfaces

(sorry I pressed post by mistake)
1) Ensure that the /etc/network/interfaces file has no 'auto eth0..' only 'auto lo'. Then create a new connections through 'Edit Connections' and enter the mac address and keep ipv4 to 'Automatic (DHCP)'. At first it didn't work, but later it did.

But before that even I edited my interfaces file to add 'auto eth0...'. Connection was done properly but then something was wrong with the network connection panel applet (it did not show no matter what I did).
I did what I was told (i.e point 1) and the connection was still proper and the applet was proper.

The main point I kept reading was that it is recommended to try connecting using the applet rather than editing the interfaces file. So I thought I would share that.