Re: Setting a manual IP address

[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