On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, Steve Clark wrote: > Yes it is really hard! > > ip address add 192.168.0.1/24 dev enp0s25 > ip route add default via 192.168.0.254 dev enp0s25 > echo nameserver 8.8.8.8 > /etc/resolv.conf > echo nameserver 8.8.4.4 >> /etc/resolv.conf This is still a deliberately trivial case, as already said, with no teaming/bonding/vlan type fun in the mix. You're free to disentangle yourself from the bits of CentOS you don't like, and there's nothing at all stopping you, but after a while what you're supporting isn't CentOS. I realise this is only one little part of the whole, but still. jh