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    transfer roms though lan cat5 cable?

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Shadowblitz16
      last edited by

      @shadowblitz16 Just give it a try with just the cable connected and see if you can reach retropie from your PC; if not, then configure the addresses as @Nightfire mentioned.

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        Shadowblitz16
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        I don't see the subnet mask in /etc/dhcpcd.conf

        my eth0 interface looks like this..
        interface eth0
        static ip_adress=192.168.0.62/24
        static ip6_adresss=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64
        static router=192.168.0.1
        static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 8.8.8.8 fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::1

        I am not sure what to do and I am following this tutorial https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2018/setting-static-ip-address-raspbian-jessie-lite-on-raspberry-pi

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @Shadowblitz16
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          @shadowblitz16 static ip_adress=192.168.0.62/24 means

          • ip = 192.168.0.62
          • netmask = 255.255.255.0 (that's what /24 represents).
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            Shadowblitz16
            last edited by

            wait so retro pie has the subnet mask set to 24? weird

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @Shadowblitz16
              last edited by

              @shadowblitz16 That's not weird at all, it's probably what the DHCP server on your router has assigned to it. /24 is a common netmask for (small) private lan addresses, just like the 192.168 address prefix.

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                Shadowblitz16
                last edited by

                ya I set my windows lan to be..
                ip:192.168.1.10
                subnet:255.255.255.0

                any my rp3 lan to be
                ip:192.168.1.20
                subnet:255.255.255.0

                and win 7 doesn't recognize it
                it says the cable is unplugged

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                • DougAD
                  DougA
                  last edited by

                  The link below looks like it gives an easier way to sort things out.

                  https://pihw.wordpress.com/guides/direct-network-connection/

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                    Shadowblitz16
                    last edited by

                    actually my cable fell out of my rp3,
                    but now it recognizes it and send packets to it but the rp3 doesn't send packets back,
                    so I can't see the folders.

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                    • stoney66S
                      stoney66
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                      @Shadowblitz16 make sure you can ping the RPI from the windows machine. Open up cmd prompt and "ping 192.168.1.20" see if you get replies.

                      Also if you have console on RPI run "ifconfig" make sure eth0 has the correct IP address.

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                        Shadowblitz16
                        last edited by Shadowblitz16

                        under wlan0?
                        it says that inet is 192.168.0.62 which is its wifi address.
                        there is also lo which uses the 127.0.0.1 and enxb827ebb34f59 which has a inet value of 169.254.91.47

                        also I tried pinging and I get no response

                        uhh and I am getting a bit of it back
                        Ping statistics for 192.168.1.20:
                        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 1, Lost = 3 (75% loss),

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                        • stoney66S
                          stoney66
                          last edited by

                          if you plugged in the ethernet cable then your interface will usually be eth0. wlan0 is your wifi interface.

                          It sounds like enx is your RJ45 interface and only has a link local IP so it's not set.

                          sudo ifconfig enxb827ebb34f59 192.168.1.20/24

                          then ping should work.

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @Shadowblitz16
                            last edited by

                            @shadowblitz16 Are you sure your Wifi isn't connected still ?

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                              Shadowblitz16
                              last edited by Shadowblitz16

                              @stoney66 yep that worked! thankyou so much!

                              @mitu
                              to my raspberry pi?
                              ya it is I don't know how to shut it off without completely disconnecting though

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                              • stoney66S
                                stoney66
                                last edited by stoney66

                                @Shadowblitz16 cool. You can disable the wifi from the retropie menu.

                                https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Wifi

                                Note that the changes you made for enxb827ebb34f59 will not be persistent on reboot. There is prob a setting in retropie menu for that, I haven't checked. The url you pasted above https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2018/setting-static-ip-address-raspbian-jessie-lite-on-raspberry-pi will work, you just need to change eth0 to enxb827ebb34f59

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                                • edmaul69E
                                  edmaul69 @Shadowblitz16
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                                  @shadowblitz16 it is really easy to connect pi to windows 7. Get a crossover cable and plug it into the pi and pc. After that on the pi exit emulationstation and in the terminal type sudo ifconfig. Look at the ip address for eth0. On the pc use the programs putty and winscp. Use that ip address you got from the pi in putty and winscp to login. Easy as pi.

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                                  • edmaul69E
                                    edmaul69 @edmaul69
                                    last edited by

                                    @edmaul69 transferring roms through ethernet is 1000’s of times faster. Any wireless connection is far too slow

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                                      steptoe
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                                      I first used Putty, but far too slow due to encryption. I then tried FileZilla, much much faster, but still use Putty to access the PI and run or edit some thinga via Putty through a console on the Windows desktop. N ever used wireless, far too slow and problems with connections as you've found out

                                      https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/windows.md

                                      Transferring ROMs via FileZilla is about as fast as you will get over an thernet cable, which is what I use but I use cat6 cables

                                      https://www.dexterindustries.com/howto/how-to-transfer-files-to-your-raspberry-pi-from-a-pc-computer/

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                                        Davey92
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                                        All i did on my retropie was enabled ssh and 1 wire turned on network discovery on my pc and it worked! With a cat 6 ethernet cable

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