Ubuntu 20.04 network configuration command line
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Ubuntu set ip address
Ubuntu set static ip without netplan.
Set static IP in Ubuntu using Terminal
Normally, the router's DHCP server handles assigning the IP address to every device on the network, including your computer.
The DHCP server may also give you a new IP address occasionally.
This could cause a problem if you have a home lab or server setup that works on a fixed IP address.
You need to set a static IP address on your Ubuntu system to avoid problems.
Step 1: Identify the correct network interface
The first step is always to know the name of your network interface.
"But why?" you might ask.
That is because since Ubuntu 20.04, the network interfaces are named using predictable network interface names. This means your one and only ethernet interface will not be named 'eth0'.
Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop use different renderers for 'netplan', they are 'systemd-networkd' and 'NetworkManager', respectively.
So let's go over their differences.
Ubuntu Server
To see available network interfaces on Ubuntu Server, run the following command:
Doing so will show a similar resul
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