How to Configure Network Interfaces on Ubuntu 20.04

There are a lot of guidelines online to show you how to configure the Network Interface. Here is my own records for Ubuntu 20.04.

The configuration file of Network interface is /etc/network/interfaces

The sample of Static IP config on eth0 interface as below

 

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.12
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

After the change, use the following command to restart the Networking.

sudo netplan apply

Another method to restart networking is working on a specific network interface. For example ens18

$ sudo ip link set ens18 down $ sudo ip link set ens18 up

How to show the IP address of the Network Interfaces?

Use ifconfig to show the IP address.

If you don’t have this command, install it with the command sudo apt install net-tools

Use IP command to show the IP address

# ip addr show

How to Check Route Table？

ip route show

davidyin@u20:~$ ip route show

default via 192.168.1.1 dev ens18 proto dhcp src 192.168.1.158 metric 100
192.168.1.0/24 dev ens18 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.158
192.168.1.1 dev ens18 proto dhcp scope link src 192.168.1.158 metric 100
davidyin@u20:~$

Other commands I am not using.

Add Static Route

# ip route add 10.10.20.0/24 via 192.168.1.100 dev eth0

Remove Static Route
# ip route del 10.10.20.0/24

Add default gateway
# ip route add default via 192.168.1.100

Add an IP address to a specific interface
# ip addr add 192.168.1.5 dev eth1

Remove an IP address
# ip addr del 192.168.1.5/24 dev eth1

I always like to use a Router to assign a static IP to the network device. I just need to know the MAC address then I can do it at DD-WRT router.

Services > Service > Static Leases

The lease expiration is left empty. It means never expire.