Subj : Re: Networking Questions
To   : Avon
From : Al
Date : Fri Jun 18 2021 06:51 am

> The network card seems to be called enp4s0 and I think the system auto
> creates that. There's no mention of it in the 'interfaces' file at all.

That looks like a systemd thing. My debian box shows something similar and my slackware box still uses eth0.

>It seems nutty how hard it is to set a static IPv6 address and desired gateway
> and keep everything else working :(

Yes, I prefer the old eth0 method, and still use it when I can.. :)

I can ping your agency.bbs.nz and net1.fsxnet.nz from my BBBS box just fine with IPv4 or IPv6.. :)

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