On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:25:37 -0600
Frank Cox <theatre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have an occasional need to switch a few computers from one Internet
> provider to a different one. Both Internet providers feed into the
> same network, one at 192.168.0.1 and the other at 192.168.0.254.
>
> So to change from one provider to the other I run nmtui to change the
> gateway and dns server addresses, then deactivate and reactivate the
> connection and I'm done.
>
> It's just takes a few minutes, but I'm wondering if there's a way to
> automate this a bit so instead of having to run nmtui and change all
> of those numbers, then deactivate and reactivate the connection, I
> could just have each configuration saved as a text file or something,
> and just tell network manager "use this configuration now until
> further notice."
I would create two different NetworkManager connection profiles,
called eth0-isp1 and eth0-isp2. You can use the GUI, TUI, or CLI for
this. The something like
`nmcli connection down eth0-isp1 && nmcli connection up eth0-isp2`
should work.
Jim
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