On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 05:45:17PM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: > Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 09:26 Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote: > >> Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > So how does one do the same thing with "modern" tools? > >> > >> I don't understand the question. Do you mean "systemd-networkd"? > > > I'm indirectly referencing a long-running thread on this list about > > using ifconfig versus "modern" tools for viewing the current > > interfaces setup. > > When using /e/n/interfaces and ifupdown you don't really come in contact > with "ip" or "ifconfig" directly. > > > And just how does one restart the new interfaces with systemctl? > > You don't. Commands like "service networking restart" have been > deprecated and partially non-functioning since at least Wheezy, because > of the internal limit of ifupdown itself. So to do text-config based networking, what's "The Recommended Way (TM)(R)(C)"?