[ale] static ip network configuration

[Phil Smith]

Thanks, Russell:

I plan to attend Sunday meetings to observe all of the techie people . I used to be one, and its been 8 years since I've been out of the mix: I'm 74 now and can't remember how to do anything!

Phil SMith



On Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 at 10:49 AM, Russell L. Carter via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> Thanks for the info, I had no idea.
> 
> I've seen several alt net configuration
> systems come and go (GUI driven, maybe?) and didn't know Ubuntu
> went that way. Yet another reason to stick with Debian ;-)
> 
> Ah, for my mobile system Ima gonna fess up and say I manually swap
> /etc/resolv.conf, on account of I'm too lazy. I even do that
> when I've got Tailscale up. The point is I don't have to think
> about it, since my config is as ruthlessly stupid as I can make
> it. And it works.
> 
> I strongly agree everyone needing help should support ALE-NW video
> meetings, though I hate doing such things. I suppose it's the way
> it has to done.
> 
> ArchWiki is still a valuable resource for many things Linux, of
> course.
> 
> Thanks!
> Russell
> 
> On 1/8/25 10:34 AM, DJPfulio--- via Ale wrote:
> 
> > Russell, Ubuntu hasn't used the "interface" file for over 5 yrs, perhaps
> > since 2017. Ubuntu uses netplan.yaml files for non-GUI setups. Humans
> > modifying YAML pretty much sucks, but that's Ubuntu thinking they need
> > to change things that aren't broke yet again.
> > 
> > https://netplan.io/ has examples and the 2 commands to generate and
> > apply netplan changes.
> > 
> > I don't know anything about the Ubuntu GUI methods for networking.
> > 
> > Of course, if someone wants hands-on help, they should join the every
> > Sunday ALE-NW video meeting. A few Ubuntu users attend. We have most
> > popular distros represented most weeks.
> > 
> > On 1/8/25 10:24, Russell L. Carter via Ale wrote:
> > 
> > > First, ditch the GUI. Gazing in that direction is the reason
> > > you don't already know how to do it.
> > > 
> > > I have maintained a small herd of pet debian systems for
> > > decades with nothing more complicated than this snippet in
> > > /etc/network/interfaces(5):
> > > 
> > > # The motherboard primary network interface
> > > allow-hotplug enp5s0
> > > iface enp5s0 inet static
> > > address 10.0.10.10/24
> > > gateway 10.0.10.102
> > > 
> > > Multihomed works as expected and dhcp is even simpler. Nowadays
> > > you use ip(8) for all things network related. You want to make
> > > friends with the fabulous ArchWiki for details.
> > > 
> > > All the best,
> > > Russell
> > 
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