Ubuntu networking

Networking Networking

Disable IPv6

Create /etc/sysctl.d/60-disable-ipv6.conf

Create a file named /etc/sysctl.d/60-disable-ipv6.conf with this content:

net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1

Activate /etc/sysctl.d/60-disable-ipv6.conf

# sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/10-disable-ipv6.conf
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1

Check settings

# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6
1

New since Ubuntu 17.10

netplan

Former configuration in /etc/network/interfaces{,.d} is now found in /etc/netplan in YAML syntax.

DHCP

/etc/netplan/ens160.yaml

network:
  ethernets:
    ens160:
      dhcp4: yes
  version: 2

Bonding

/etc/netplan/bond007.yaml

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    slave1:
      match:
        macaddress: "3c:a7:2a:22:af:70"
      dhcp4: no
    slave2:
      match:
        macaddress: "3c:a7:2a:22:af:71"
      dhcp4: no
  bonds:
    bond007:
      interfaces:
        - slave1
        - slave2
      parameters:
        mode: balance-rr
        mii-monitor-interval: 10
      dhcp4: no
      addresses:
        - 192.168.189.202/27
      gateway4: 192.168.189.193
      nameservers:
          search: 
            - mcs.de
          addresses:
            - "192.168.3.61"