[SML] Linux networking help needed

[Jerry Durand]

On 4/27/20 5:01 PM, Bruce via Stagecraft wrote:

>  I wonder if you need to TELL NetworkManager what the new interface
> name is?  (I stay away from systemd/NM since it is a little too
> 'Windows-y' and *really* wants to hide too much from a skilled
> admin).  But it seems to be acting as though it doesn't know the
> interface name.  I think the changing colors is because NM knows the
> MAC address, but somewhere in the NM hive mind the fact that you
> haven't told it that the new name is eno1 means it can't advertise it
> on DBUS so it isn't showing up by name on the Plasma network applet.
>
>  Just some thoughts.  I'd need to see what the 'wired' tab in the
> config panel is, or the output from 'nmcli' to help more I think.
>
> :Bruce Cooper
> -- 
> Stagehand in Waiting.


jerry at Gandalf7:~$ nmcli device show
GENERAL.DEVICE:                         eno1
GENERAL.TYPE:                           ethernet
GENERAL.HWADDR:                         xxxx
GENERAL.MTU:                            1500
GENERAL.STATE:                          10 (unmanaged)
GENERAL.CONNECTION:                     --
GENERAL.CON-PATH:                       --
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER:               on
IP4.ADDRESS[1]:                         192.168.0.136/24
IP4.GATEWAY:                            192.168.0.1
IP4.ROUTE[1]:                           dst = 0.0.0.0/0, nh =
192.168.0.1, mt = 0
IP4.ROUTE[2]:                           dst = 169.254.0.0/16, nh =
0.0.0.0, mt = 1000
IP4.ROUTE[3]:                           dst = 192.168.0.0/24, nh =
0.0.0.0, mt = 0
IP6.ADDRESS[1]:                         xxxx/64
IP6.GATEWAY:                            --
IP6.ROUTE[1]:                           dst = fe80::/64, nh = ::, mt = 256
IP6.ROUTE[2]:                           dst = ff00::/8, nh = ::, mt =
256, table=255

GENERAL.DEVICE:                         lo
GENERAL.TYPE:                           loopback
GENERAL.HWADDR:                         00:00:00:00:00:00
GENERAL.MTU:                            65536
GENERAL.STATE:                          10 (unmanaged)
GENERAL.CONNECTION:                     --
GENERAL.CON-PATH:                       --
IP4.ADDRESS[1]:                         127.0.0.1/8
IP4.GATEWAY:                            --
IP6.ADDRESS[1]:                         ::1/128
IP6.GATEWAY:                            --




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