On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 00:56:05 +0200 (CEST) coffeeforblood.pardon...@slmail.me wrote:
> Is it normal for 'systemd-networkd' not to be running by default on a > fresh installation of Debian 12, as a general rule? I disabled it > again after troubleshooting this problem. Yes, it is. Installation does no setup for systemd-networkd, and running it before you have done that setup is meaningless. I usually install the Debian ifupdown package via preseeding so I have networking on a fresh installation. I then switch to either Network Manager or systemd-networkd as appropriate. For the latter, I install one or more files in /etc/systemd/network/, one for each interface. See "man systemd-networkd" for the gory details. For what you are doing, I suggest Network Manager and firewalld. They play well together, and handle connections coming and going well. You can assign firewall zones to specific interfaces, which helps. > 'ifconfig' is not installed by default. Is this also normal for a > fresh installation of Debian 12? Yes. ifconfig is part of the net-tools package. Or you could use ip. I've been using ifconfig for more than 25 years, and am slowly learning ip. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
