On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:36:05 PM EST David Wright wrote: > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 21:27:17 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 7:35:54 PM EST David Wright wrote: > > > I can't speak to Gene's wanting a static network configured by his > > > method, but I'm happy to defend my choice. > > > > It works fine with no complaints. > > OK. I've already forgotten what you complained in this thread's OP. > > > Here is the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf: > > > > # Example static IP configuration: > > #interface eth0 > > #static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24 > > #static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64 > > #static routers=192.168.0.1 > > #static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 8.8.8.8 > > fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::1 > > > > # It is possible to fall back to a static IP if DHCP fails: > > # define static profile > > profile static_eth0 > > static ip_address=192.168.71.13/24 > > static routers=192.168.71.1 > > static domain_name_servers=192.168.71.1 > > > > # fallback to static profile on eth0 > > interface eth0 > > fallback static_eth0 > > > > So if dhcpd fails, it uses the above, and it Just Works. > > And I've not found any reference to it in the man page. So I've no > > clue why it seems to be such a huge, no one knows about it secret. > Drum roll … … > > CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz > > DHCPCD.CONF(5) BSD File Formats Manual > DHCPCD.CONF(5) > > NAME > dhcpcd.conf — dhcpcd configuration file > > [ … ] > > profile name > Subsequent options are only parsed for this profile name. > > [ … ] > > static value > Configures a static value. If you set ip_address then > dhcpcd will not attempt to obtain a lease and will just use the value > for the address with an infinite lease time. If you set ip6_address, > dhcpcd will continue auto-configuation as normal. > > [ … ] > > interface eth0 > [ … ] > static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24 > [ … ] > static routers=192.168.0.1 > static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 > > [ … ] > > fallback profile > Fall back to using this profile if DHCP fails. This > allows you to configure a static profile instead of using ZeroConf. > > /That/ seems clear enough to me. > `twould indeed be clear David, but man keeps telling me no such file.
> But excuse me if I was labouring under the impression that you wanted > to nuke DHCP lest "some coder dinking around in dhcp code thinks the > whole world is volatile". The responses I get from this list or any list positively reeks of NIH syndrome if you want to do something different for a home net that doesn't depend on dhcp. hosts files existed and ran the internet before dhcp. I remember using them on both pc's and amiga's 30 years ago. Its the short term memory that is plaguing me now. Can you remember using trumpet on a pc? I can. The amiga's had miami for a net driver but I can't recall if I used it when I wrote our first web page server in ARexx we used when we went live on the net for news, pulling the text from the teleprompter. WDTV was in the first 5 tv stations in the country that had a web page that went live as the live tv news show closed. It also demo'd the atrocious spelling of our journalists which got rather hilarious at times. :o) At 87, I spend a lot of time contemplating the hereafter, I get up to go get a tool, and when I get to where the tool might be, I have to stop until I can remember what I'm hereafter. ;-) > Cheers, > David. > > . Take care and stay well David. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
