I also have CenturyLink. However, I haven't hosted a box in my house in years ( well over a decade ). I went from static IP on the server(s) in my basement, to DHCP with dynamic DNS, to static IP at a CoLo, and finally to VM instances in the cloud. Cost and convenience were the prime motivators. Getting a static IP back in the day went from the norm to a real hassle and I couldn't justify the cost ( was *way* more than $5/mo extra, more like 5x ). I now connect to the cloud with a browser and to the VMs using SSH from anywhere ( usually on a Chromebook ) and don't have all that hardware in my house. And I don't care if I have to change ISPs in the future.
Just my experience. YMMV. Let us know how it goes. Regards, - Robert On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 4:18 PM Robert Munro <robert.mu...@protonmail.com> wrote: > I've avoided using the phone company as my ISP for decades, but alas GTT > is going out of business in terms of serving me as an ISP customer, so a > CenturyLink installer will visit me here tomorrow. I suspect this means > that I won't have a static IP address. > > Can anyone confirm the change I need to make in my Linux system network > to use a CenturyLink Gigabit fiber connection? > > At present, my (Fedora derived) Mageia Linux 8 system is using a static > IP address that is set up as follows: > > The file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp0s16 contains: > > DEVICE=enp0s16 > BOOTPROTO=static > IPADDR=68.167.251.142 > NETMASK=255.255.255.252 > GATEWAY=68.167.251.141 > ONBOOT=yes > METRIC=10 > MTU=9000 > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no > USERCTL=no > DNS1=64.105.163.106 > DNS2=64.105.172.26 > RESOLV_MODS=no > LINK_DETECTION_DELAY=6 > IPV6INIT=no > IPV6TO4INIT=no > ACCOUNTING=no > NOZEROCONF=yes > > In order to use a CenturyLink DHCP provided IP address, I suspect that > I'll have to change this file to contain: > > DEVICE=enp0s16 > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > IPADDR= > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > GATEWAY= > ONBOOT=yes > METRIC=10 > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no > USERCTL=no > MTU=9000 > DNS1=8.8.8.8 > DNS2=8.8.4.4 > RESOLV_MODS=no > LINK_DETECTION_DELAY=6 > IPV6INIT=no > IPV6TO4INIT=no > ACCOUNTING=no > NOZEROCONF=yes > > What does everyone else use to run Linux with CenturyLink as their ISP? > > Thanks in advance. > >
