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I was messing around with KVM in CentOS 6.3 when I noticed I was having problems with the IP address of my principle network connection (eth0). I backed out my bridge and restored the network-script file for eth0 but the IP address still goes missing after reboot. At this point I have to return to the console and restart the "network" service. The address will then be restored but only until the next boot. I have turned off NetworkManager but this does not seem to help. The ifcfg is below:

*DEVICE=eth0 
ONBOOT=yes 
BOOTPROTO=static 
NM_Controlled=no 
IPADDR=192.168.17.49 
NETMASK=255.255.255.0 
GATEWAY=192.168.17.1    
DEFAULT=yes DNS1=67.69.184.212*

Any ideas?

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  • Have you checked: /var/log/dmesg, /var/log/messages, or /var/log/daemon.log for the relevant information? If so please post it. Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 13:02
  • What's the * before DEVICE, was it a typo? Commented Sep 29, 2012 at 8:27

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At this point I have to return to the console and restart the "network" service.

The reason is clear through your description, your network service wasn't started automatically, so do a chkconfig --level 2345 network on will fix your problem.

P.S: I just saw a * before the DEVICE, so that could be a problem as well (if it's not a typo)

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  • ...or something is messing with the network stack on boot, such as a DHCP agent. Commented Dec 9, 2013 at 4:15

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