[ale] static ip network configuration

[Russell L. Carter]

On 1/8/25 2:27 PM, Phil Smith via Ale wrote:
> 
> 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

Remember though, for all things Ubuntu, don't listen to me, way
more expertise in ALE.  The ALE-NW meetings are *exactly* what
you need, and likely airing your issues will help others too.

All the best,
Russell





> 
> 
> 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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