On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 11:01:22AM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 11:52:36AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > So I change between two internet connections from time to time.
> >
> > I use /etc/network/interfaces ("/e/n/i")
> >
> > When I modify /e/n/i , I then run a little "reset" script, like so:
> >
> > dev=eth0
> > ifdown $dev
> > ifconfig $dev down
> > ifup $dev
> >
> > Here and there I've had problems.
> >
> > Recently I discovered the ip command.
> >
> > Apparently, after reconfiguring as above, two IP addresses end up
> > attached to eth0 - one for each (staticly configured in /e/n/i)
> > ISP network connection.
> >
> > So now I am manually running something like:
> >
> > ifconfig eth0 down
> > ip address del 10.1.1.30/24 dev eth0
> > ip address del 192.168.1.30/24 dev eth0
> > ip address del fe80::f2de:f1ff:fef7:ea96/64 dev eth0
> > ifup eth0
> >
> > But this (atm) is a very manual process, and it seems to me that I am
> > not taking down eth0 properly, and that I should not have to
> > introduce IP address awareness into my eth reset script, just to
> > properly reset my eth0 static configuration.
> >
> > Any pointers of what I need to read/ what I am missing, would be
> > really appreciated.
> >
>
> ifup and ifdown read the contents of /e/n/i to determine what tasks to
> perform. So, in particular, ifdown reads that
> file to determine what addresses to remove from the interface.
>
> That being said, you might find it more suitable to change your script to:
> 1. ifdown the interface
> 2. Change the network parameters (either by using sed etc to edit the
> file or to move 'canned' files in/out of
> /etc/network/interfaces.d)
> 3. ifup the interface
>
> What I would do, in your situation is to have a set of files in
> /etc/network/interfaces.d called, for example "!home",
> "!work", "!travel" or whatever makes sense for your locations. The leading
> "!" character makes the configuration
> invalid to ifupdown, so will be ignored. Your script can then rename any
> files that DON'T have a "!" in front to do
> so, then rename the requested file to NOT have a "!" in front e.g.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> ifdown eth0
> prename 's/^/!' /etc/network/interfaces.d/[^\!]*
> mv /etc/network/interfaces.d/\!$1 /etc/network/interfaces.d/$1
> ifup eth0
Perfect! Thanks.
Also perhaps interface map[ping] could work... I used that once years
ago... need to re-read man interfaces again.
