Re: bookworm and network connections
On Fri 01 Sep 2023 at 18:33:51 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 04:16:46PM -0600, D. R. Evans wrote:
> > Greg Wooledge wrote on 9/1/23 15:38:
> >
> > > In particular, when using /etc/network/interfaces, only interfaces that
> > > are marked as "auto" need to be up, to satisfy this criterion. An
> >
> > I don't think that debian has used used /etc/network/interfaces for a while,
> > at least not by default. Certainly there's nothing useful there on the
> > machine that I just upgraded and whose networking is failing to configure
> > itself correctly.
> >
> > Network Manager -- I think -- uses some completely different mechanism for
> > managing networking (although I have no idea what that mechanism is.)
>
> Debian *absolutely* uses /etc/network/interfaces. By default, in a
> Standard installation. But as you noted, it's optional. Debian *also*
> allows the use of Network Manager, systemd-networkd, and probably several
> other systems for configuring one's network(s).
It's only optional in the sense that preseeding would determine the
outcomme. AFAIK, a user is not presented with a selectable opion with
a standard or expert installation.
--
Brian.
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