Ok, so the static IP is the way to go. Can I choose x and y arbitrarily ? How do I know what value of x will match my subnet ? As for the value of y, I guess any value high enough (say, 50) in a small home network will do, right?
Thank you all for your help! Cheers, Pierre. 2012/9/10 Andy Farnell <padawa...@obiwannabe.co.uk> > > The simplest and most direct way is to go into > > /etc/network/interfaces > > and change the first entry for the interface you > want to use (presumably wired ethernet eth0) to > > iface eth0 inet static 192.168.x.y > netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast 192.168.x.255 > gateway 192.168.x.z > > Your choice of x and y shoud match your subnet and a free > IP address. The value for z will be the router. BTW don't end your > address with 255 as you suggested :) that is reserved for > broadcast address, see the third line. > > The router should see this via gratuitous ARP quite quickly, > no need for any other fancy announcements unless you are in > a big and complicated network. > > Check it after reboot using > > ifconfig eth0 > > best > Andy > > > > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 04:41:33PM +0200, Pierre Massat wrote: > > Dear Pd-Listers, > > > > Sorry this obviously OT question. > > > > I'm trying to use my Raspberry Pi (yes I know, i'm also beginning to get > > fed up with its apparent ubiquity...) as by portable webserver. By > portable > > I mean that i could carry it with me and plug it into any home router and > > make it accessible to every machine in the local network. > > > > The obvious problem i'm currently faced with is that of the IP given by > the > > router to the RPi. I think it's possible to configure the RPi to have a > > static IP, but I have no idea how "portable" this solution is. Say, if I > > configured my RPi to alsways show up as 192.168.0.255, would this address > > work with every home router? > > Another option, perhaps : use the unique MAC address of my RPi ? I have > no > > clue whether it is possible at all to connect to a local webserver using > > the MAC of its host. > > > > Any clue is more than welcome, i know practically nothing about networks. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Pierre. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >
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