Need help setting up a static ip on my Raspberry Pi 3

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#1

I feel like I’ve tried every tutorial out there and I still cannot make this work.

Can anyone shed some light on this topic?

#2

Modify /etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
  address 10.0.0.100
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  gateway 10.0.0.1

restart your network.

#4

I’d like to do it for wifi. Do I just substitute eth0 with wlan0?

#5

No … modify /etc/dhcpcd.conf

interface wlan0
inform 10.0.0.100
static routers=10.0.0.1
static domain_name_servers=8.8.8.8

if you changed /etc/network/interfaces, bring it back to the original configuration.

#7

Thanks for your help, but that doesn’t seem to work.

Using ifconfig, the ip address hasn’t changed at all.

#8

I’d probably do this on the router (or whatever dhcp server you’re using) by MAC address.

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#9

So I’m in student housing at my university. I don’t own the router or have any permission to modify things. Is it still possible to do this?

#10

If you cannot control the IP addresses given out by the dhcp, how will you know you’re not assigning yourself an IP address that is used by something else?

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#11

Why do you need a static ip?

In a University, any ip is good so you can do your work. The same applies in the student housing.

#12

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/37920/how-do-i-set-up-networking-wifi-static-ip-address/74428#74428

But consider this…

Typically you only need a static ip address in a server application. This all works well in a home network where you have a router and access to the router settings. It becomes more difficult on a public network.

#13

I’m building a robot that uses a RPi3. A dynamic ip makes it really hard to continually SSH into it to work on the robot. It’d be nice to have a static one so that I can leave the pi inside the robot while I work on it over the next month.

#14

Does your Pi have to have internet access, or could you use it as a access point?

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/access-point.md

#15

It does not have to have internet access. I just need to be able to execute a python program remotely.

#16

Sounds like setting it up as a access point would be perfect for you then. Maybe even preferable. Doing so would allow you to SSH into the Pi using it’s static IP address.

#17

If you're using Ubuntu 18.04, then modifying /etc/network/interfaces or dhcpcd.conf won't work.
Because netplan is the new network manager. You need to add a yaml file.
I recommend you read this article:


hope it helps. worked for me