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Author: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
Old-Topics: Re: [DNG] bookworm without systemd
Subject: [DNG] static IP [was Re: bookworm without systemd]
Le 23/07/2023 à 07:46, jeremy ardley via Dng a écrit :
>
> On 23/7/23 12:55, Jonathan Drews via Dng wrote:
>> Oh another thing. Configuring static IP adresses in systemd linux
>> distros was
>> difficult
>
> There are  at least three different ways to configure networking in
> systemd linuxes.
>
> * NetworkManager.service
>
> * networking.service
>
> * systemd-networkd.service.
>
> The default in many linuxes is NetworkManager, which is buggy and
> difficult to use but officially loved.
>
> networking.service is the traditional way of doing networks and is a
> bit basic and is ignored in modern linux
>
> systemd-networkd.service is not buggy, is highly configurable, and is
> almost completely ignored in Debian.


    NetworkManager is a Pottering replacement for something working
fine: ifupdown, which has been there for at least 30 years and works
fine, also with static addresses, since there were only static
addressses at the origin and the rest has been added.

--     Didier