[CentOS] /etc/networks file

Mon Jun 15 01:34:34 UTC 2020
Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org>

> On Jun 14, 2020, at 19:55, Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org> wrote:
>>
>> I am having some network connectivity issues that manifest itself through ping, wget, dnf,
>> etc.
>> The symptoms are intermittent ability to ping, was wget, or connect to repositories.
>>
>> Where this inquiry is going is: If your internal network is using 192.168.1 or 10..50.10, what
>> should be in /etc/networks.
>>
>> My current file contains:
>>
>> default 0.0.0.0
>> loopback 127.0.0.0
>> link-local 169.254.0.0
>>
>> And I'm pretty sure this is the default OS installed contents.
>>
>> I don't think this is related to my connectivity issue, just curious about what this file does.
>>
>> My old server (which is working just fine) has the same content in its /etc/networks file so not
>> configuring this does not seem to matter one way or the other.
>
>
> These are CentOS systems, aren’t they?  CentOS doesn’t configure networking with
> /etc/networks. The files they use are in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*.
>

Old = C6, new  = C8.  yes, Centos.  I will not worry about this then.

Thanks,

Jay

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