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Dumb Mistake! Added venet address in ProxMox now eth0 is dead
Hi guys I am using debian-7-turnkey-lighttpd-php-fastcgi_13.0-1_amd64.tar.gz
Playing with proxmox I added an IP Address with venet. Now everything is defaulting to that address and I can't seem to change it.
ifup eth0 brings eth0 back up but I cannot assign any meaningful attributes to it. it fails when trying to add an IP Address or netmask.
For example when I attempt to add address it says:
Hostname Lookup Error
Any idea on how I can get eth0 back up?? I already removed the venet address from ProxMox. I've tried re-adding interfaces inside proxmox but when i reboot the turnkey container i see in the messages it's still stuck on that bogus IP i added. Any guidence would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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I generally use venet mostly
Reply 1Hey so if anyone is dumb like
Reply 2Hey so if anyone is dumb like me or was just not thinking i got it working! :)
I was doing all sorts of reading and tried some stuff with udev and was playing with ifconfig. Using ifconfig I was able to bring the interface up and get it an IP address (I used the wrong syntax before!). However I still couldn't resolve hostnames or reach the internet.
I did
nano /etc/network/interfaces
and added
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcpAnd now I'm back up!
References: https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/124269/where-is-my-eth0-configur...
But I am aware that some software doesn't like using a venet (e.g. Samba, BIND, etc) and for those ones I use the bridge (veth) which will provide a "eth0". I would expect it to work mixing these (though I've never tried - and your experience suggests not).
The first thing I would check is that the container networking is providing a veth network (to provide ethX). If not add one! Also perhaps removing the venet network too?