While undertaking the troubleshooting process, it becomes vital to answer
questions. Firstly, is the interface sending the data it is required to transmit
if it is not sending then is it sending some errors and lastly what process is
sending all that traffic.
Having covered how to view network information, then we need to know
how to set up some common network configurations. The process is as
shown below.
Process
Start by changing an IP address. Note that when making changes in Linux
you can have these two types of changes
❖
Immediate effective changes that are not persistent. These changes are not effective
once you restart off your operating system
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Changes that are effective even after restarting your computer
For immediate effective changes to be made on the IP configuration, then
you will use the link, route, and address command options. However, you
will be required to have the iproute2 package installed on the Linux OS. By
default, the package is usually pre-installed but will highly depend on the
version of the OS you are using .
