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May 19, 2021 at 15:37 comment added Timo So if you insert a lan cable to the port allow-hotplug will see it and blink. auto will maybe not?
May 23, 2019 at 14:18 comment added sourcejedi Incorrect. "If I power up a system with a built-in ethernet interface, but with no ethernet cable plugged into it, does plugging in an ethernet cable also generate a hotplug event that is noticed by allow-hotplug? Unfortunately no". / linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-kernel-70/… / unix.stackexchange.com/a/520633/29483
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Feb 10, 2017 at 13:07 comment added user34720 Good catch. I found some of the same issues you and the other answer by Sprinterfreak pointed out at Debian Lists. Edited my answer with this valuable information
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Nov 16, 2016 at 8:00 vote accept Martin
Jan 13, 2016 at 20:39 comment added Will I would also point out that, in most cases, cloud/EC2/VPS/VMs should use auto! I've lost networking with a nohup service networking restart before with allow-hotplug.
Mar 27, 2015 at 16:31 comment added user34720 Depens. I had a case where i have to set to allow-hotplug because i wanted to ensure that my firewall would negotiate link AFTER the core switch totally booted and applied it's confiurations. In general cases, auto should be enough.
Mar 27, 2015 at 16:29 comment added Martin I see. However, in case of servers, the best practice is probably to use auto which will force the interface up regardless whether the cable is connected etc?
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