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slowko
Asked: 2012-03-07 01:52:15 +0800 CST

11.10 Server does not reconnect to network after router reboot (DHCP or Static IP)

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If I reboot the router (Netgear DGN2200) my Ubuntu 11.10 Server box does not reconnect to the network. This is over a wired link either with a reserved IP Address over DHCP or a static IP Address configuration in /etc/network/interfaces as:

# The loopback network interface

   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface

   auto eth0
   iface eth0 inet static
   address 192.168.1.100
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   broadcast 192.168.1.255
   network 192.168.1.0
   gateway 192.168.1.1

Both connection methods fail after a router reboot i.e. no ping, no ssh, no http. I have never had to do anything special to ensure reconnection before - but am I missing something?

Thanks

S

networking server 11.10

1 Answers

  1. you could try adding the following before auto eth0 line in the interfaces file;

    allow-hotplug eth0

    this should start the interface eth0 when th kernel detects a hotplug event from teh interface.

    ifdown eth0 #this drops the eth0 interface NB: if SSH'd etc.. it will kill your connection ifup eth0 # brings the connection back..

    i'd set a continous ping from another machine to the server... bounce the router and see what happens. you many need to restart the server for the "allow...." line to take affect. I think the ifup\down does it too.. its been a while.

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