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Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP

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On 2015-07-01, Rob wrote:

> Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> wrote:
>> On 2015-07-01, Dom wrote:

>>> Remove or disable the dhcpdc package. It's a recent addition to the 
>>> Rasbian images and tends to ignore the interfaces file and do its own thing.
>>>
>>> It's fine for the average user who uses the desktop and sets up 
>>> networking via the GUI, but just gets in the way when you want to do 
>>> things yourself.
>>
>> Thanks.  Is removing it likely to break anything?  
>>
>> I've never connected a keyboard, mouse, or monitor to this Pi --- I
>> just used dd to put the image on the SD card, put that in the Pi,
>> started it up, found it on the LAN (with a DHCP address) and used ssh
>> to do the rest (obviously changing the default password first...).
>> And I'd like to not have to dig out a spare keyboard (& so on) later
>> if it doesn't connect according to the static LAN IP for some reason.
>
> That will only be necessary when you make mistakes when configuring
> it via /etc/network/interfaces.  Forgetting "auto eth0", typo in
> address, etc.
>
> Mistakes in setting a gateway and DNS resolver is another one.  But that
> can usually be corrected without connecting monitor and keyboard.

I just remembered that if I'm at home, I can correct the contents of
files by mounting the SD card (which is just /boot now) & the USB
drive into my laptop.  So I just have to avoid the temptation to
fiddle with certain things from outside the house.


-- 
We do not debug. Our software does not coddle the weak. Bugs 
are good for building character in the user.
                              --- Klingon Programmer's Guide

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Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2015-07-01 21:45 +0100
  Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-07-01 21:06 +0000
    Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2015-07-02 10:16 +0100
      Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-07-02 12:12 +0000
  Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-07-01 22:12 +0000
    Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2015-07-02 10:32 +0100
      Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-07-02 10:53 +0100
  Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2015-07-02 19:40 +0100
    Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-07-02 19:30 +0000
      Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2015-07-02 20:56 +0100
        Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Dom <domafp@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2015-07-03 06:16 +0100

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