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    help setting up a static ip address?

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    • AlexMurphyA
      AlexMurphy Banned @coolstuff
      last edited by

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

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        coolstuff @AlexMurphy
        last edited by

        @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.

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

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            snowcherry
            last edited by

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

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              willieaames
              last edited by

              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.

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                coolstuff
                last edited by

                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: 0_1487779385049_IMG_0203.JPG

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators
                  last edited by 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

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  • herb_fargusH
                    herb_fargus administrators
                    last edited by

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

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

                    If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                    Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      iamjenny
                      last edited by

                      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

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                      • obsidianspiderO
                        obsidianspider
                        last edited by

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

                        📷 @obsidianspider

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