[arch-general] starting network:fail[eth0 wasn't connected] How to enable without reboot?

[C Anthony Risinger]

On May 18, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook <jtwdyp at ttlc.net
> > wrote:
>>
>> Currently my pc is a laptop. I don't use a wireless interface. I
>> connect to the Internet via cable broadband with a wired Ethernet
>> connection and DHCP... This id very reliable. I can usually
>> disconnect
>> the laptop from the Ethernet cable and bring it into the livingroom
>> for various offline use. Then when I bring it back to my desk, all I
>> usually have to to is plug the Ethernet cable back in and wait a few
>> seconds and the Internet will start to work again.
>>
>> BUT that is contingent on the Ethernet cable having been connected
>> during boot up. So if for example I were to boot up my laptop in the
>> livingroom where there isn't an Ethernet connection the boot process
>> will delay at the point where it's screen message says its starting
>> the network. Then it says it failed and continues setting everything
>> else up.
>>
>> At this point, if I bring the laptop back to the desk, and plug in
>> the
>> Ethernet cable, it doesn't automatically connect. I tried:
>>
>> # ifconfig eth0 up
>>
>> but ping still doesn't find my ISP
>>
>> What am I missing????
>
> Your dhcp process didn't start either, so you need to start one of
> those. Something as simple as `dhcpcd -i eth0` might work.
>
> -Dan

You may need to modprobe the module for your Ethernet card. Try lsmod
to get it's name.