Michael wrote: > On Friday, 19 April 2024 15:05:47 BST Dale wrote: > >> Anyway, while investigating this, I realized the network setup is not >> like on my old rig. Heck, I couldn't even figure out how to restart it >> other than switching to the boot runlevel and back to default, or >> rebooting. After a bit, I think I can restart DHCP and it restart the >> network. I figured out the cable was unplugged before trying that. I'm >> wanting to set up the NAS box network the same way as my main rig. >> That's the old manual way. I went back to the install handbook, that's >> what I followed when installing on my main rig. Thing is, it has been >> updated and the old way isn't all there. I followed what little bit is >> there but it defaults back to the new way. I'm sure I'm missing some >> file I need to edit but I can't figure out which one it is. So, is >> there a way to get the old instructions again? The ones I followed >> several years ago for my main rig? I tried searching but it seems they >> all gone. Maybe there is a place I'm not aware of tho. Basically, I >> want to be able to start/stop/restart enp3s0 as a service and have it in >> a runlevel. > Without knowing what you refer to as 'The Old Way' Vs 'The New Way', or how > your 'main rig', Vs your 'old rig' may have been configured, I'll try to make > a guess, or two: > > 1. Old Way = netifrc > > You configure /etc/conf.d/net using the well commented example provided in: > > /usr/share/doc/netifrc-*/net.example.bz2 > > You symlink your interface enp3s0 to the net.lo netifrc init script and add > it > to the default runlevel: > > ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.enp3s0 > rc-update add net.enp3s0 default > > then (re)start, check the status, or stop your newly configured interface, > e.g.: > > rc-service -v net.enp3s0 status > rc-service -v net.enp3s0 restart > > More detailed info than you should ever need and all on one page, is provided > here: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Netifrc > > > 2. New Way = DHCP (?) > > Although dhcp can be configured as a fallback option within /etc/conf.d/net > in > addition to static addresses, gateways, etc., it can also be set up as a > standalone service without netifrc. Emerge dhcpcd and add it to the default > runlevel. > > If you have set static IP address(es) at your home router for the old box and > its MAC address, then that's all you need to do before you run: > > rc-service -v dhcpcd restart > > If you prefer to not set up a configuration for your old rig on the router, > then you can add a static IP address in your /etc/dhcpcd.conf. > > Again, more info than you should need is provided here: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Dhcpcd > > HTH, otherwise ask if you get stuck.
Rebooting the NAS box improved things. See reply to Matt. By old way, I mean using a symlink to net.lo with the interface/card name such as enp3s0 to start/stop/restart the service. It still uses DHCP to get connection info but I'd also like to specify the IP address if I can. I like to set those so that they don't change even if I move cables around. Main rig, NAS box, cell phone and printer. The printer really gets upset when something changes. I think I should have used the word "older" instead of "old". ROFL :-D Dale :-) :-)
