[GRLUG] Call for help with NetworkManager on Debian

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

6pm would be too late but I could swing by around 4pm Saturday unless the
previous person that offered to help can sooner. Jenison is only a short
detour off my drive home from work.

megadave at gmail.com



On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 5:32 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
grlug at grlug.org> wrote:

> I'm in Jenison. Any time after 6 on Friday is fine. Saturday and Sunday
> I'm free any time after noon.
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 5:28 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
> grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>
>> Where are you located roughly, and what time of day would work?
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 4:08 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
>> grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Once again I am requesting some helpful eyeballs here.
>>> For those who do not remember me, or are new to GRLUG, I am a blind
>>> Linux developer. But that is not the sole reason for my request here.
>>>
>>> Problem to be solved:
>>>
>>> I recently purchased a used computer. Core I7 16GB. A Dell OptiPlex 7010.
>>> I had a buddy in St. Louis, Mo. install Debian Bullseye on it and ship
>>> it to me.
>>> All that went fine. The problem, seems that he inadvertently set up
>>> with a static IP address in the 192.168.4.X range. My LaN uses
>>> 192.168.1.X. The computer should request an IP address from DHCP, but
>>> it does it after a reboot. I mean it does not request it after any
>>> reboot or power outage like we had the other night.
>>> I have a script, that I can run manually that does a dhclient -r,
>>> which gets me back up and running so I can log in via SSH.
>>>
>>> What my buddy in StL and I have figured out is that NetworkManager
>>> must be  resetting it to its setting when it was being originally
>>> being setup in St. Louis.
>>>
>>> Why I need some on-site help:
>>>
>>> I'd like it to have NetworkManager default always to 'auto' so it
>>> always gets DHCP, since I may not be staying with my current ISP and
>>> their supplied router. (I should mention that it is using ethernet).
>>> I need someone to come over here and press the right buttons on the
>>> NetworkManager screen for me, as I cannot see themm.
>>> It should not take very long and I can recompense someone for their
>>> travel and time in whatever ways they desire.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your consideration in advance, Ed
>>>
>>>
>>> This missive is from me and no one else. If you got this message and
>>> you are not you, then that is your problem and not mine.
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