Network setup

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Montag, den 04.01.2016, 21:02 -0200 schrieb Thiago Farina:
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 8:19 PM, W Scott Lockwood III
> <vladinator at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1/4/2016 4:16 PM, Thiago Farina wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Is this the right mailing list to post about network issues?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >
> >
> > It can be. Go ahead and post your question to the list. :-)
> >
> OK. It is more like a suggestion.
> 
> On Mac OS X [1] one can do the following to set a static ip for a
> network device:
> 
> $ sudo networksetup -setmanual Ethernet [ipaddress] [subnet] [router]
> 
> On Ubuntu (I'm on 12.04) you have to disable dnsmasq on NetworkManager
> (and this can break your dns resolution in the process), edit
> /etc/network/interfaces, restart the network-manager service and hope
> for the best. And in the end you give up the command line and end up
> doing this through the UI.
> 
> Why does Ubuntu not invest in making an administration tool like
> networksetup for its users?

sounds like you look for nmcli ;)

ciao
	oli