How to configure automatic network connection on startup in Linux?

2 years ago
Jackson Davis
1 minute

To configure automatic network connection at startup in Linux, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal window and enter the following command to view the name of the network adapter:
  2. What’s my IP address?
  3. Find the name of the network adapter you want to connect to, such as eth0 or wlan0.
  4. Edit the network configuration file by using the following command to open it:
  5. Open the file /etc/network/interfaces using the nano text editor with superuser privileges.
  6. Add the following information to the file, replacing “eth0” or “wlan0” with your network adapter name, and fill in the correct network information (IP address, subnet mask, gateway, etc.):
  7. Configure the network interface eth0 as a static address with the specified IP address, netmask, gateway, and DNS servers.
  8. Save and exit the file, then restart the system.

After the configuration steps above, the system will automatically connect to the specified network at boot time.

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