On 08/03/17 10:38, John Hodrien wrote: > On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, Giles Coochey wrote: > >> ifconfig enp0s25 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 >> route add default gw 192.168.0.254 enp0s25 >> echo nameserver 8.8.8.8 > /etc/resolv.conf >> echo nameserver 8.8.4.4 >> /etc/resolv.conf > > Oh okay, you really do want to back away from Redhat entirely. That's > entirely your choice. > > What you end up with if you take this approach widely is effectively > your own > linux distribution. > Not really, Redhat/Centos has a lot to offer, but for me, networking is a one-time configuration, and the best way to configure it is using something that falls within this principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle I'm not flaming NetworkManager, I'm just stating that for many (perhaps most), it is over-engineered for a server orientated distribution. I can run with the script above on 30 server instances, and it doesn't, as yet, break any of the other features of Centos that I enjoy. -- Regards, Giles Coochey +44 (0) 7584 634 135 +44 (0) 1803 529 451 giles at coochey.net