On Thu 08 Sep 2016 at 18:08:04 +0100, David wrote: > I am working with a Raspberry PI running Jessie and I'm not happy about > the solutions I found to change it from DHCP to a fixed IP address.
That's a shame. > Editing the file /etc/dhcpcd.conf does not seem to work correctly. Nobody in their right mind would be editing /etc/dhcpcd.conf to get a fixed IP address. > Can I go back to the old method of editing /etc/network/interfaces You can go back to whatever works for you. > Or is there a better way of setting a fixed IP on Jessie? Better? That's a matter of opinion. A suitable /e/n/i is good enough. You have advice on this. But you could use connman if it keeps your Raspberry PI happy. That might be a step too far, though.