On 18/03/2022 23:14, Stella Ashburne wrote:
Hi
There are instances in which my machine is connected to a mobile hotspot. And
in some situations, it's connected to a smartphone via USB tethering. And when
I'm in the office, I may connect it to a LAN cable.
Below are the contents of my /etc/network/interfaces file:
[...]
1. At the moment, if I wish to change to using a mobile hotspot from USB
tethering, I'll edit the /etc/network/interfaces file, uncomment the applicable
lines under #The primary network interface for wireless connections and place a
# in front of all the lines under #The primary network interface for USB
tethering
Instead of carrying out the above steps, is there a neater and simpler way?
That's exactly the kind of situation that NetworkManager is made for. It
gained a bad reputation when it was released, but seems to have improved
- I've been using it for years without issues.
There's a command-line interface (nmcli), so you don't need a desktop
environment.
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