[GRLUG] Call for help with NetworkManager on Debian

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

Hey this is Dave - megadave at gmail.com - You're actually like 5 minutes from
my work, would be easy to stop by. I clock out between 3 and 330, i can
give you a call then to confirm.

On Fri, Feb 3, 2023, 11:00 Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org>
wrote:

> Hi all, and John,
> This is me Ed Howland who originally posted the call for help.
>
> I am located in Kentwood, Mi. Around the 52nd St and Breton Rd
> intersection, one block west oat Stauffer.
> Please call me anytime today at 616 430-4039
>
> Thanks in advance. I am free all day today and all weekend.
> Regards, 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.
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 5:58 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group
> <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
> >
> > Ha. Sorry, gets confusing in the mailing list if you forget a signature.
> Thought you were Ed asking my availability. John (me) is the one in Jenison
> and is available to help Friday, Saturday or Sunday. :-)
> > John
> > john at wesorick.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 5:49 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <
> grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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