static ip

[nakshatra]

hi friends,
am currently working out on Raspberry pi as a low cost HD Surveillance camera.now i want to create a static ip address to my pi and then access the live streaming with that.can i do that??

[Richard-TX]

yes

[klricks]

Use IP to MAC address reservations via DHCP instead of static in your router. It is easier to set up that way as the RPi always gets the same IP address and there is no configuration needed on the RPi itself.

[DougieLawson]

Use IP to MAC address reservations via DHCP instead of static in your router. ...

If your router supports that. Most routers I've used don't have that feature.

[klricks]

Use IP to MAC address reservations via DHCP instead of static in your router. ...

If your router supports that. Most routers I've used don't have that feature.

The routers I have used over the past several years have that feature. My old WRT54G did not have it, but could be added by flashing a 3rd party firmware. DD-WRT

[Richard-TX]

Just learn how to assign a static IP. There are places in this world that don't have DHCP.

[allfox]

Hey guys, this topic is about how to assign a static IP to Pi, not about router nor about DHCP.

I agree that router could have an easier UI to get the job done, but before we push out our own option on the topic, I believe we should just answer the original poster's request. After that we could discus if there is a better option.

To assign a static IP to Pi, you need to edit /etc/network/interfaces
You would find:

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iface eth0 inet dhcp

Edit this line to:

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iface eth0 inet static
  address 192.168.0.2
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  gateway 192.168.0.1

Of course, don't just copy my address to your Pi.

If you use WIFI and LAN at the same time, and sometime you can't get a static IP after reboot, uninstall the ifplugd package.