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On 27 Apr 2025 04:26:11 GMT, Creon <creon@creon.earth> wrote in
<m75pv3Fc894U3@mid.individual.net>:

> Actually had a success story with AI to share.
> 
> Using ChatGPT, regarding Linux, I was able to give it my current output
> of "ifconfig -a" and have it generate an accurate netplan yaml file for
> network configuration -- which worked.
> 
> Then I had it add some policy routing, which also worked.
> 
> I did this to renumber three servers.  The only snag was when I went to
> reconfigure the Red Hat-based server...it was so old, it didn't support
> Red Hat's more modern network configuration scriptlets.  So I had
> ChatGPT walk me through writing a script to do the configuration, then
> set up a systemd unit file to run the script when the networking service
> started.  All done.
> 
> I was pleasantly surprised at how accurate ChatGPT was with its
> configuration directives, scripting, and unit file setup.

Here is the netplan yaml file, with IP addresses anonymized:

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd

  ethernets:
    eth0:
      match:
        macaddress: 00:11:22:33:44:55
      set-name: eth0
      addresses:
        - 192.0.2.10/29         # Source IP 1
        - 198.51.100.10/28      # Source IP 2
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
      ipv6-link-local: [auto]

      routing-policy:
        - from: 192.0.2.10
          table: 100
        - from: 198.51.100.10
          table: 200

      routes:
        # Table 100 for 192.0.2.10
        - to: 0.0.0.0/0
          via: 192.0.2.1
          table: 100
          metric: 100
        - to: 192.0.2.0/29
          scope: link
          table: 100

        # Table 200 for 198.51.100.10
        - to: 0.0.0.0/0
          via: 198.51.100.1
          table: 200
          metric: 200
        - to: 198.51.100.0/28
          scope: link
          table: 200

        # Fallback default route
        - to: 0.0.0.0/0
          via: 198.51.100.1
          metric: 500

    eth1:
      match:
        macaddress: 00:11:22:33:44:66
      set-name: eth1
      addresses:
        - 10.0.0.10/24
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
      routes:
        - to: 10.0.0.0/24
          scope: link

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