Take a look under /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. That seems to be where Mint is storing connections and configuration. J-F On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:55 AM, J C Nash <profjcnash [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: > I recently updated a desktop machine to LM18 "Sarah". It dual boots > BunsenLabs Hydrogen (successor to CrunchBang, > running Debian Jessie). > > It has been useful to sshfs to this desktop to transfer files over LAN, so > I have used a static IP. The approach was to edit /etc/network/interfaces. > My typical file was > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.1.91 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > > This does work with Bunsen, but not with LM18. Indeed, it seems to mess up > networking. Running ifconfig (with original > DHCP) shows the interface has name enp3s0, so I tried changing to that. > Also adding dns-servers line to the interfaces file. Also a null file in > interfaces.d with the name of the interface. > > Trying to do setup with the Control Centre "Network" tool presents dialogs > that will not allow all the info to be entered. This looks to be buggy, as > things jump around, change values and colours. Sigh. Looks like there's a > lot of cruft been left around from "old" approaches to networking that may > be messing up doing things appropriately. > > Anyone else had experience with this. I can manage with the DHCP setup, > but it would be nice to know what's going on. > > JN > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- Jean-François Bilodeau Senior technical trainer / System developer 819-712-1020 www.chronogears.com