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Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools on Debian 8 (jessie)?

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On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 09:26 Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:
>> > One of "allow-hotplug" or "auto", not both
>>
>> Any preference for either line?
>
> Use "auto" if the network interface is a permanent one, and "allow-hotplug"
> if it's a transient one (removable, whatever).
>
> Interfaces configured as "auto" will be respected by systemd's
> "network-online.target", meaning any service that you configure to
> wait for network-online will wait for all "auto" interfaces to be
> brought up.  It will not wait for "allow-hotplug" interfaces.

That's very helpful. Sounds like it's the "auto" for my situation.

Thanks much, Greg.

Best,

-Tom

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How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools on  Debian 8 (jessie)? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2017-08-25 16:10 +0200
  Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools on Debian 8 (jessie)? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-08-25 16:30 +0200
    Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools  on Debian 8 (jessie)? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-08-25 17:10 +0200
      Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools on  Debian 8 (jessie)? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2017-08-25 21:10 +0200
    Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools on  Debian 8 (jessie)? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2017-08-25 17:10 +0200
      Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools on Debian 8 (jessie)? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-08-25 17:50 +0200
        Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools  on Debian 8 (jessie)? Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-08-28 07:10 +0200
          Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools on Debian 8 (jessie)? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-08-28 10:30 +0200
      Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools on  Debian 8 (jessie)? Mario Castelán Castro <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> - 2017-08-26 17:30 +0200
  Re: How does one create virtual ethernet devices with modern tools on  Debian 8 (jessie)? Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2017-08-28 08:10 +0200

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