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Configuring static and dynamic IP Addresses in Ubuntu using Netplan

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Jan 31, 2020

Ubuntu automatically assigns an IP address to the network via DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ). It will continue to get such a dynamic IP (keeps changing) address until you decide to change it to a static one. Ubuntu has switched to the YAML based Netplan for configuring a network since release 18.04.

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