[PVE-User] Subject: Proxmox VE 7.1-2 Installation question

[Konold, Martin]

Hi,

I made the experience that the device names did change between the 
installation and the first boot.

You may need to adjust the device names in /etc/network/interfaces.

Regards
ppa. Martin Konold

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Am 2022-01-10 09:34, schrieb Aaron Lauterer:
> That the IP address is configured on the vmbr0 interface is normal and
> the basic default after a fresh installation. You can change that
> later if you want to place the MGMT IP somewhere else.
> The vmbr0 interface is needed as the "virtual switch" to which the
> guests will be connected to.
> The vmbr0 is using the physical interface as bridge port. Check out
> the /etc/network/interfaces file for more details.
> 
> Regarding the network not working; do you have more than one NIC in 
> that system?
> If so, it is likely that the installer selected the NIC that is
> currently not connected. You could try to just plug in the cable to
> the other NIC or change the /etc/network/interfaces file accordingly
> so that the vmbr0 will use that other NIC. Then either reboot or run
> `ifreload -a` to apply the network config.
> 
> If that is not the case, and there is only one NIC in the system, try
> to run `ip l s <NIC> up` and also check your kernel logs / dmesg for
> any messages regarding the network that might give us more information
> why the NICs are not up.
> 
> Best regards,
> Aaron
> 
> On 1/9/22 20:01, Patrick Buryk wrote:
>> Hello, All -
>> 
>> I'm a new user of Proxmox, having just installed VE 7.1-2 for about 
>> the 5th
>> time trying to resolve the following issue:
>> 
>> After a successful install, I login to my host as root.
>> I cannot ping in or out of the host; "ip address" & "ip link" commands 
>> show
>> that the eno1 and vmbr0 interfaces are "UP", but their states are 
>> "DOWN".
>> Static IP address is shown on vmbr0 interface only - I would have 
>> imagined
>> that it would have been set to the eno1 interface instead during the
>> install but, again, this is my first exposure to this product.  
>> Connection
>> to my switch show no activity from the host. Ethernet cable has been
>> verified to work on another host.
>> 
>> Any ideas??
>> 
>> Thanks, and best wishes to all in 2022!
>> 
>> Cheers!
>> Patrick
>> pburyk at gmail.com
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