Re: setting up network with a hosts file, but your way

2023-08-14 Thread gene heskett
On 8/14/23 12:04, zithro wrote: On 12 Aug 2023 20:49, gene heskett wrote: ipv6: There is no ipv6 service within 100 miles, so I should set a /proc command to kill ipv6, so whats the official syntax? for that. I don't know if there is another method, I'll give you mine, which consists in

Re: setting up network with a hosts file, but your way

2023-08-14 Thread zithro
On 12 Aug 2023 20:49, gene heskett wrote: ipv6: There is no ipv6 service within 100 miles, so I should set a /proc command to kill ipv6, so whats the official syntax? for that. I don't know if there is another method, I'll give you mine, which consists in telling the kernel to completely

Re: setting up network with a hosts file, but your way

2023-08-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 04:01:49PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > Step one: determine the NAME of your ethernet interface. > > eth0 > > > > Step two: edit /etc/network/interfaces to bring up this interface with > > your desired IP address, netmask, and gateway. If there's a running > > DHCP

Re: setting up network with a hosts file, but your way

2023-08-12 Thread gene heskett
On 8/12/23 15:27, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 02:49:25PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: I am bringing up a new bananapi-m5, an arm64 device. You don't like my way, and have made that boringly plain. Gene. Please stop saying things like this. The use of traditional static

Re: setting up network with a hosts file, but your way

2023-08-12 Thread gene heskett
On 8/12/23 15:27, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 02:49:25PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: I am bringing up a new bananapi-m5, an arm64 device. You don't like my way, and have made that boringly plain. Gene. Please stop saying things like this. The use of traditional static

Re: setting up network with a hosts file, but your way

2023-08-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 02:49:25PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > I am bringing up a new bananapi-m5, an arm64 device. You don't like my way, > and have made that boringly plain. Gene. Please stop saying things like this. The use of traditional static addressing without DNS is a common and

setting up network with a hosts file, but your way

2023-08-12 Thread gene heskett
I am bringing up a new bananapi-m5, an arm64 device. You don't like my way, and have made that boringly plain. It is booted to a text screen as root, first boot. Already edited the /etc/hostname, and /etc/hosts files. The next thing from what I see, is a total lack of a route address which