On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 12:04:28PM +0200, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > On Wed 15/Aug/2018 08:31:32 +0200 mick crane wrote: > > On 2018-08-14 09:08, Remigio wrote: > >> [...] > >> Could you help me please to understand where are network configuration > >> files and how to manage them? > > > > I too have been wondering about this and the wiki seems clear. > > https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration#Setting_up_an_Ethernet_Interface > > However, that doesn't cover how to properly coordinate setting up IP links, > firewall, NAT, and netfilter daemons. IIRC it is possible, but difficult to > make and maintain, and seemingly fragile. > > IMHO, for servers/routers having known IP addresses, it is much easier to roll > a system's own script in /etc/init.d (well, if one uses sysvinit) and set > CONFIGURE_INTERFACES=no in /etc/default/networking.
Very interesting. /etc/default/networking - something new in the land of Debian networking to learn about :) Thank you,
