[CentOS] /etc/networks file

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-*. 


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Jonathan Billings