Method 01: Enabling/Disabling the Network Interfaces through the ifconfig Command. First, you must know about network interface. dmesg prints the contents of the ring buffer. Ubuntu Enable and Disable the Network Interface Methods to Enable and Disable the Network Interface in Ubuntu 20.04.TX packets:123567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 RX packets:116493 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 auto enp0s7Д«roadcast 192.168.1.255 Info about network interfaceД®np0s7 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 44:87:fc:59:91:c9 Restart networking: sudo services networking restartДЇor a static IP, configure /etc/network/interfaces. In this case, look for the line in the file that says The primary network interface and directly beneath this youвЂ™ll see. In my case the interface has been renamed: forcedeth 0000:00:07.0 enp0s7: renamed from eth0 ]Д¬onfigure the new or renamed interface with Nano: sudo nano /etc/network/interfacesДЄdd the following lines replacing the interface name with your own. The interfaces file is where you need to change from the default dhcp setting to add some information about the static IP address that you want to configure. You could also search for 'eth' instead of 'network' dmesg | grep -i eth Run all the following commands from a terminal or CLI.ДЇind the name of the network device: dmesg | grep -i network

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