On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 07:11:36PM +0100, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > # fallback to static profile on eth0 > > interface eth0 > > fallback static_eth0 > > > > So if dhcpd fails, it uses the above, and it Just Works. > > And I've not found any reference to it in the man page. So I've no clue > > why it seems to be such a huge, no one knows about it secret. > > This must be the most complicated, round-about, inefficient method I've > ever seen to configure a static IP :)
I disagree. One can install NetworkManager, and then it will get even more complicated. > Is it so difficult to find out what is the canonical method to configure > a static IP on a Raspberry Pi OS? This is such a basic task it should be > somewhere in their documentation, wiki, whatever. Curiously enough, this time Gene used "official" way to configure static IP on RPi - [1]. Official documentation does not even mention e/n/i. > Then it should be possible to configure a static IP with any of Debian's > network management tools you like. And *that* would be fighting the distribution-approved method, and not working with it. It's totally possible (I did it), but then again, it's totally possible to install a real Debian on RPi. All this once again proves us, folks - RaspberryPi OS is not Debian. It's Debian-based. Certain list members do not see the difference, let's refrain from pointing fingers :) Reco [1] https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#static-ip-addresses
