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Ubuntu Networking Tips

Instead of separate files, ubuntu attempts to manage all networking settings from one file.

/etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0 inet [dhcp|manual|static]

dhcp

get all settings from DHCP server

static

get no settings from DHCP server, configure all settings statically

manual

get all settings from an external process or program

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