[arm-allstar] WiFi Static IP

[Doug Crompton]

Klaus,

  While wifi could be made to work in static mode it is seldom used that
way. Why do you need static? If you are using a nat'ed router the best
thing to do is allow it to find an IP address using dhcp then go into your
router and make that address reserved or static dhcp (routers call it
different things). The router uses the machine address (MAC) of the Pi
board to identify it and assign the same address each time one is
requested. Then you can port forward to that address if you desire.

Portable nodes should never use a static address because you have no
knowledge of the IP topography of the network you might be connecting to
and port forwarding is usually not available or necessary.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:45 AM, "Klaus Rung via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I am setting up a arm-allstar node and am having a problem setting up a
> static ip for wifi. I don't see a choice where I can set the wifi to a
> static ip. Anyone have any ideas?
>  Best regards, Klaus Rung, VE3KR
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