Path: csiph.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.brightview.co.uk!news.brightview.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:17:32 -0500 Subject: Re: Logs Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi From: T M Smith X-Editor: EmailEdit 6.00 Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 22:14:12 +0100 Message-ID: <38c699ef54.Broadband@tmsmith36.plus.com> References: <5df3fded54.Broadband@tmsmith36.plus.com> <98j89c-md6.ln1@myleafnode.oneyv.org> <74a49bee54.Broadband@tmsmith36.plus.com> <70e693ef54.Broadband@tmsmith36.plus.com> User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/6.06 (MsgServe/6.04S) (RISC-OS/5.21) NewsHound/v1.52-32 Lines: 89 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-pdJ8tCibjhD6WrcJ/PROTU3OQHlDAwQiCN+5Jp3KfuTi7pBbPGrW923sXW/pUhZUIbKrDkvEuqYoQCE!fqB/NwgjPXOIMdhIYGR4x5FP3ikRjuHIcaEjTNM/jqxYqZdauOT0ouihpD+jNoOMBW1x+r24NBV3!EB0nHmO6+FGWKQ== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 4184 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.raspberry-pi:9374 In message <70e693ef54.Broadband@tmsmith36.plus.com> T M Smith wrote: > In message > Dom wrote: >> On 05/08/15 23:58, T M Smith wrote: >>> In message <98j89c-md6.ln1@myleafnode.oneyv.org> >>> JimR wrote: [snip] >>> >>> >>>>> However the WiFi works OK with WiFi config displaying normally. >>>>> Another puzzle is that it gave the Pi as 192.168.1.95 >>>>> Changing this to a static address of 192.168.1.90 has not worked, it >>>>> still comes up as 192.168.1.95 >>>>> >>>>> Here is interfaces file >>>>> >>>>> auto lo >>>>> >>>>> iface lo inet loopback >>>>> iface eth0 inet static >>>>> >>>>> address 192.168.1.90 >>>>> netmask 255.255.255.0 >>>>> gateway 192.168.1.254 >>>>> >>>>> allow-hotplug wlan0 >>>>> iface wlan0 inet manual >>>>> wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf >>>>> iface default inet dhcp >>>>> >>> >>>> My RPi runs as a headless server, and has a static IP address assigned. >>>> I never had much luck with adjusting /etc/network/interfaces, in fact, >>>> the only thing in mine right now is >>> >>>> auto lo >>>> iface lo inet loopback >>> >>> >>>> However, I *did* use wicd-curses when I first set up my rpi. In there, >>>> under Config, you will find an option to set a static IP address. That >>>> worked for me. You might find that wicd-curses is not installed by >>>> default. If not, simply >>>> sudo apt-get install wicd-curses >>> >>>> Best of luck >>>> JimR >>> What puzzles me is that while 192.168.1.90 is stored in the file above >>> I can find no race of 192.168.1.95 which is actually used >> There's nothing wrong with your /etc/network/interfaces file as it stands. >> It should work fine - but for some reason the default dhcp client is now >> dhcpcd5 which totally ignores the interfaces file and does it's own >> thing. So what you are getting is the static address that you assigned >> and a DHCP address that dhcpcd5 has picked up and allocated. >> Remove dhcpcd5 and things should work the way they are supposed to. >> If you want DCHP for another interface, just install dhcpcd (no "5") >> instead and things will work properly. > Dom, You have lost me here. > Where is, and what is dhcpcd5. > At one stage during my attempts to get things right it gave me a > primary address of 192.168.1.90 and a secondary address of > 192.168.1.95, > My search for the 95 address is still running. > Malcolm The search has now produced the following:- Aug 7 19-30 raspberry avahi-daemon[2377] Joining mdns multicast group on interface wlan0. ipv4 with address 192.168.1.95 "" etc"" Registering new address for 192.168.1.95 on wlan0. ipv4 "" etc"" Listening normally on 3 wlan0 192.168.1.95 UDP 123 Can anyone make any sense of this ? Malcolm -- T M Smith Using an ARMX6 and RISC OS 5.21 in the North Riding of Yorkshire