Re: Setting a manual IP address

On 5/19/24 1:46 PM, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

[replying to lawrence]
 The Pi in question is running a default RasPiOS version. Systemd
shows up in dmesg output, but nothing from system-network.
 Here's the experiment I'd like to try:
 Right now, wlan0 comes up using DHCP and connects to my WiFi router,
giving the usual net connectivity, which I'd like to keep active.
 At the same time, I'd like to enable a second connection using an
ethernet-to-WiFi bridge on eth0 using something like
 auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
         address 192.168.1.8/24
         gateway 192.168.1.254
 Is that all it takes? Presently both /etc/network/interfaces
and /etc/network/interfaces.d are empty.
 The plan is to bring up both interfaces, then turn off internal
WiFi to see if eth0 is working. Both use the same default route.
I'm simply trying to figure out if the bridge and its antenna can
be situated for better throughput than the Pi4 internal antenna.
 Thanks very much for posting!
 bob prohaska

   BookWORM screwed it all up - and not JUST the
   networking stuff.
   Some months ago I posted some templates for the new,
   pointless, annoying, networking defs.
   I think Deb is now employing Canonical REJECTS who
   have totally screwed up the distro to ZERO advantage.
   On other units I've switched to Manjaro - but, to
   date, there's no Manjaro for the P5. Depending on
   what options you need, I'd suggest BeeLink and BMax
   mini-boxes instead of PIs.
   The trashing of Debian is BAD ... as it's used as
   the foundation for SO many other (formerly) useful
   distros.
   If you have a P4 or below you can still get older
   versions of Deb/PiOS ... but the P5 won't work
   with those.