Configuring a gateway

[david]

At 05:17 PM 9/16/2020, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>hi,
>Am Mittwoch, den 16.09.2020, 15:11 -0700 schrieb david:
> >       ens9:
> >         addresses: [192.168.100.1/24]
> >         dhcp4: no
> >         dhcp6: no
> >         gateway4: 192.168.100.1
>
>dhcp4/6: are boolean values so you want true/false insead of yes/no
>...
>
>they also both default to being off so you do not explicitly set them
>at all, if you do not want the system to wait for the interface you can
>use "optional: true" just try:
>
>--
>         ens9:
>           addresses:
>             - 192.168.100.1/24
>           gateway4: 192.168.100.1
>           optional: true
>--
>
>you probably also want to set up some routing eventually, take a look
>at:
>
>https://netplan.io/reference/
>
>ciao
>         oli

Thanks for the 'optional' clue.  I entered wnat you suggested and 
rebooted.  The command "ip addr" shows the internal controller but no 
IP addresses.  Physically, it's a lightning-to-ethernet dongle with 
nothing plugged into the ethernet side.  So there's no way to confirm 
that the internal address was indeed assigned.

David