Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?
On Wed 02 Mar 2022 at 09:01:55 +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote:
> Dearie
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2022 at 12:20 AM
> > From: "David Wright" <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?
> >
> >
> > As long as you have "source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*" in your
> > /e/n/interfaces file, then you can call the file wlp7s0, or wlp3s0,
> > or anything else, and it will be read. That line in quotes is now
> > the default in Debian.
> >
>
> Just so to be clear......
>
> The contents of my /etc/network/interfaces file are:
>
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> #allow-hotplug enp2s0
> #iface enp6s0 inet static
> # address 192.168.1.77/24
> # gateway 192.168.1.1
> # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
> # dns-nameservers 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8
>
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug wlp7s0
> iface wlp7s0 inet static
> wpa-ssid JupiterRising
> wpa-psk (a long string of alphanumeric characters)
> address 192.168.1.99/24
> gateway 192.168.1.1
> # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
> dns-nameservers 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8
>
> If I have a file called dave in /etc/network/interfaces.d/ and its contents are:
>
>
>
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug wlp7s0
> iface wlp7s0 inet static
> wpa-ssid JupiterRising
> wpa-psk (a long string of alphanumeric characters)
> address 192.168.1.99/24
> gateway 192.168.1.1
> # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
> dns-nameservers 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8
>
>
> Are you saying that my /etc/network/interfaces file may look like the following so long as the line "source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*" (without quotes) is present?
Correct, although I do nit understand what you gain from using
/etc/network/interfaces.d/.
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> #allow-hotplug enp2s0
> #iface enp6s0 inet static
> # address 192.168.1.77/24
> # gateway 192.168.1.1
> # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
> # dns-nameservers 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.
(Nothing to do with your question but these two lines are superfluous:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback).
--
Brian.
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