help setting up a static ip address?

snowcherry

Maybe the DHCP on your router doesnt work correctly. Go to your router config page and see if you can enable DHCP there.

AlexMurphy

@coolstuff Which wifi dongle are you using? You are using one, right...?

coolstuff

@AlexMurphy Wait.... what? I could have sworn I read that the b+ had built in wifi? Either way though, that doesnt explain why ethernet doesnt work.

AlexMurphy

@coolstuff No wifi until The Pi3 I'm afraid! type ifconfig in the terminal, do you see eth0 listed? Post what it says here.

snowcherry

If you're NOT using a Pi 3, then you should also download the Retropie image for the Pi 1.

willieaames

Try
sudo dhclient -r
Followed by,
sudo dhclient
Or do: sudo dhclient -r wlan0, sudo dhclient wlan0
This (should) renew the dhcp lease and assign one of your PIs to a new IP.

coolstuff

Ok so... I found out from the friend I got my pi from that it is in fact a pi 3 model B so it DOES have onboard wifi.

@willieaames said in help setting up a static ip address?:

Try
sudo dhclient -r
Followed by,
sudo dhclient
Or do: sudo dhclient -r wlan0, sudo dhclient wlan0
This (should) renew the dhcp lease and assign one of your PIs to a new IP.

I tried this, but it didn't seem to help

@AlexMurphy said in help setting up a static ip address?:

@coolstuff No wifi until The Pi3 I'm afraid! type ifconfig in the terminal, do you see eth0 listed? Post what it says here.

I see eth0 listed, It doesnt have anything like an IP there... I dont know how to copy and paste from the pi and paste it here, so I took a picture:

BuZz

Static address on Raspbian Jessie -

https://nebulousthinking.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/setting-a-static-ip-for-raspbian-jessie-in-2016/

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2016/setting-static-ip-address-raspbian-jessie-lite-on-raspberry-pi

herb_fargus

btw I've updated the wiki after testing it myself and getting it working.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Wifi#static-ip

iamjenny

Try
sudo dhclient -r
Followed by,
sudo dhclient
Or do: sudo dhclient -r wlan0, sudo dhclient wlan0
This guide can be useful if you want to renew dhcp and assign your pls to new IP

obsidianspider

I just told my DHCP server to assign the same IP address to the Pi's MAC address.