nmcli

[Jerry Geis]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 9:11 AM Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 3:05 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 8:56 AM Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Two ways.
> >>
> >> 1) Change "/etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml" to
> >>
> >> network:
> >>     ethernets:
> >>         <your_nic>:
> >>             addresses:
> >>                 - 192.168.1.2/23 ## is "23" a typo?
> >>             dhcp4: false
> >>             gateway4: 192.168.1.1
> >>             nameservers:
> >>                 addresses:
> >>                     - 8.8.8.8
> >>     renderer: NetworkManager
> >>     version: 2
> >>
> >> 2) Delete "/etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml" and let your config
> >> under "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections" set up NM. (I'm
> >> assuming that NM's enabled systemd-wise, which it should be by
> >> default.]
> >
> > I tried removing /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml - and
> > rebooting and everythign was messed up then.
> > Not DHCP address no X no nothing.
> > So I put the file back - and rebooted - back to normal.
> > Not the behaviour I expected.
>
> Very strange. I'm sure that if I set up a 20.04 VM it would work for me,
> LOL.
>
> Then use the first method. I used the settings that you'd passed to nmcli.
>
> But before you do anything, (1) does "dig" work? (2) check the output
> of "resolvectl" to find out which nameserver you're querying.
>
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Dig shows:
; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53)

I was hoping "not" to edit netplan files - that is why I was trying to use
nmcli to set the IP/ DNS etc...  Everything works except setting DNS.

Jerry
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