File to edit for networks connections?

Ok, now that I mastered Raspbian (rollseyes) I'm playing around with Arch. In Raspbian, I had an existing network definition file that I was able to edit to set eth0 for static IP and to add the definitions for wlan0. I can't seem to find an equivalent file in Arch. Apparently, the kernal already has something that sets eth0 to DHCP mode so I'm making the rash assumption that I can modify that file (wherever it is) to my personal liking. Also, lsusb shows my wireless but how do I know if the driver is installed? I'm using the Edimax USB dongle which has the Realtek rtl8188CUS chip.

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#install netcfg
pacman -Sy netcfg
cp /etc/network.d/examples/ethernet-static /etc/network.d/ethernet-static
#Edit to you preference
nano /etc/network.d/ethernet-static
#Edit /etc/conf.d/netcfg
nano /etc/conf.d/netcfg
#Where it says NETWORKS=(last) change to NETWORKS=(ethernet-static)
#Finish up with
systemctl disable dhcpcd@eth0.service
systemctl enable netcfg.service

Great, thank you. I got the ethernet working with a static IP and then figured out how to make the wireless work with a static IP. Now what I need is a way to have both interfaces enabled at the same time like I can with Raspbian. The command NETWORKS=(menu) no longer works so I tried making a new file under etc/network.d and combined both the setups from ethernet-static and my equivalent wireless file. That's basically what I have working in Raspbian. Now it fails during boot up when it trys to run netcfg. The static IPs are different addresses so that's not a conflict.

You never said if wireless was static too?
If you had I would have added

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cp /etc/network.d/examples/wireless-wpa-static cp /etc/network.d/wireless-wpa-static
nano /etc/network.d/wireless-wpa-static
#edit to your liking
nano /etc/conf.d/netcfg
#Where it says NETWORKS=(last) change to NETWORKS=(ethernet-static wireless-wpa-static)

You never said if wireless was static too?
If you had I would have added

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cp /etc/network.d/examples/wireless-wpa-static cp /etc/network.d/wireless-wpa-static
nano /etc/network.d/wireless-wpa-static
#edit to your liking
nano /etc/conf.d/netcfg
#Where it says NETWORKS=(last) change to NETWORKS=(ethernet-static wireless-wpa-static)

Yes, I said in my reply that I also got wireless working with a static IP. I now want to be able to get both ethernet and wireless enabled at the same time like I can in Raspbian.

Yes, but you didn't indicate how you got wireless working
Do you want me to combine those 2 sets of instructions to make it clearer for you?

Yes, but you didn't indicate how you got wireless working
Do you want me to combine those 2 sets of instructions to make it clearer for you?

I got wireless working by copying and editing one of the wireless files in the examples folder. I tried combining those two sets into a single file but the second set overwrites the first set. Apparently there is a code file that gets called based on the CONNECTION='xxx' line. I have yet to find anything in my internet searches that shows how netcfg can be used to activate two different interfaces at the same time.

Supposedly you can activate multiple profiles by including them in the same NETWORKS array. So, in my case it would be:

NETWORKS=(wireless-wep ethernet-static)

Unfortunately, that would only activate the first entry in the array (I tried it both ways). Then I discovered that if I tried to activate the second interface manually (netcfg ethernet-static) it gave an error on the GATEWAY entry. Commented out the GATEWAY entry in ethernet-static profile and it brought up both interfaces (according to ifconfig). Unfortunately, I don't think the ethernet connection is working on it's own when I start the system without the wireless dongle. I'll try again tomorrow.

You didn't mention wep before
You could have had
NETWORKS=(wireless-wep ethernet-static)
not
NETWORKS=(netcfg ethernet-static)
They relate to the file names in /etc/network.d/
Personally I name these files myeth0, myeth1
If you want to tweak stuff after network up you can put POST_UP="command you want" in last file of the array

As I said in my last post, I have tried:

NETWORKS=(wireless-wep ethernet-static)

It only brings up the wireless connection. If I try:

NETWORKS=(ethernet-static wireless-wep)

It only brings up the ethernet connection.

What seems to work is if I set GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 in only one of the network definition files. Setting it in the second one appears to work the best. Here are the two files:

/etc/network.d/wireless-wep

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CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple WEP encrypted wireless connection'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wep'
ESSID='My Router'
KEY='my key'
IP='static'
ADDR='192.168.1.67'
DNS=('192.168.1.1')


/etc/network.d/ethernet-static

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CONNECTION='ethernet'
DESCRIPTION='A basic static ethernet connection'
INTERFACE='eth0'
IP='static'
ADDR='192.168.1.66'
GATEWAY='192.168.1.1'
DNS=('192.168.1.1')


Note that the GATEWAY command is only in the second file called by NETWORKS=.

OK, this is fixed then?

I consider it a workaround and not a fix. It appears to work if I have both interfaces connected. If I disconnect either interface and reboot, then it no longer works. If I decide to use ARCH for any real application I will just use one interface. However, at this point, I don't see any advantage to using ARCH instead of Raspbian on the Pi.