DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING

IT 1100 : Introduction to Operating Systems

- Network Configuration


 

CLI vs GUI Configuration

All CLI commands can be run in a terminal in both CLI and GUI based installations. The only difference is that the GUI based install doesn't save its configuration in the /etc/network/interfaces file.

CLI GUI Description

ifconfig

cat /etc/network/interfaces

Click the icon in the upper right and click connection information view your current configuration
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

Click the icon in the upper right and click edit connections

Select Wired Connection 1 and Click Edit

Click on IPV4 Settings

edit your current configuration
sudo apt-get install openssh-server Ubuntu Software Center -> secure shell client and server (ssh) Install SSH
sudo apt-get update software updater Update package list
sudo adduser joe System Settings -> User Accounts -> unlock -> + -> joe -> lock Add user

ssh <username>@<machine ip>

ssh joe@144.38.209.106

ssh <username>@<machine ip>

ssh joe@144.38.209.106

SSH into your VM

 

Last Updated 12/15/2017