On Thursday 12 July 2018 14:16:43 Christian Knoke wrote: > Hello, > > Gene Heskett schrieb am 12. Jul um 10:07 Uhr: > > > > auto eth0 > > > > allow-hotplug eth0 > > > > iface eth0 inet static > > > > address 192.168.71.2 > > > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > > gateway 192.168.71.1 > > > > dns-nameserver 192.168.71.1 > > > > I've even changed the eth0 devices address, but once I have the > > hosts file matching, and logged back in, no route is assigned. > > so > > any dhcp server in the neighborhood? > > pls check syntax again in interfaces and interfaces.d/* > > can you ping the gateway? > yes, in a small fraction of a millisecond.
> remove allow-hotplug eth0 directive > > check route with: ip route > > see what happens when you do ifdown -a and ifup -a > This: root@rock64:~# ifdown -a;sleep 5;ifup -a RTNETLINK answers: No such process root@rock64:~# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 202 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 202 0 0 eth0 192.168.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 root@rock64:~# ip route default dev eth0 proto kernel scope link metric 202 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 169.254.216.102 metric 202 192.168.71.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.71.2 > hth Not yet. If I can't fix this tomorrow, I'll write another sd card with the original files. It worked until an update 2 or 3 weeks ago. > Christian -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>