Raspberry Pi Project

Configuring Network Settings

In order to access the pi from a network share or SSH every time it starts its best to set an ip address, the following shows you how, replace the items in capital letters with your information

Open up the network configuration file

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

Find the line that reads "iface eth0 inet dhcp" and replace that line with the following:

auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address IPADDRESS netmask NETMASK gateway GATEWAY

Save the file and exit, now open the dns configuration file. Find out from your ISP which DNS server you should use. I also use 8.8.8.8 in my file as thats googles DNS server

sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

Replace any entries in that file with at least 2 DNS servers, if you only know of one use the google DNS server 8.8.8.8

nameserver FIRST_DNS_SERVER nameserver SECOND_DNS_SERVER nameserver 8.8.8.8