Arch Liux: netctl failure for static IP

linux555 · 05-09-2013, 07:52 PM

hello all

Righ now I am using dhcpcd to setup my network. I want to setup a static IP but it is not as intuitive when arch was using systemV and rc.conf

I followed the arch wiki to no avail
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netctl

Here is the error I get

Code:

netctl start mynetwork
Job for netctl@mynetwork.service failed. See 'systemctl status netctl@mynetwork.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

If you had successfully configured a static IP with arch systemd please show me how. Thanks

teckk · 05-14-2013, 09:30 PM

/etc/netctl/mynetwork

Code:

Description='A basic static ethernet connection'
Interface=eth0
Connection=ethernet
IP=static
Address=192.168.0.8/24
#Routes=('192.168.0.0/24 via 192.168.1.2')
Gateway=192.168.0.1
DNS=8.8.8.8

Code:

# netctl start mynetwork

Code:

# netctl status mynetwork
netctl@mynetwork.service - A basic static ethernet connection
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/netctl@mynetwork.service; enabled)

Code:

# netctl enable mynetwork

ToK · 05-21-2013, 12:02 PM

I needed to set a different Interface. You will get it from /sys/class/net and sounds something like enpXsY (where X and Y are numbers). So my configuration is

Quote:

Description='A basic static ethernet connection'
Interface=enp5s0
Connection=ethernet
IP=static
Address=('192.168.2.100/24')
Gateway='192.168.2.1'
DNS=('192.168.2.1 8.8.8.8 81.3.3.81 81.3.4.76 81.209.130.140')

Screwbacca · 06-06-2013, 01:39 AM

To solve this problem I do:

Code:

ip link set <interface> down

Then

Code:

netctl start <my-network>

JuliusS · 06-21-2013, 05:48 AM

Hi, I`m a newbie with linux arch and I`m experimenting with installing arch on a virtual machine but I don`t succeed in establishing an internet connection. I have read the documentation about netctl and I`ve tried the commands but it didn`t work. I guess maybe I`m using them in a wrong way./etc/netctl/mynetwork gives me the error msg : no such file or directory.

I appreciate all help I can get on this topic

Hangaber · 06-23-2013, 04:08 PM

Did you copy the example static file to 'mynetwork' ?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...uide#Static_IP

Edit: Ah. In this guide, the file is called "my-network".

But same principle. Copy the static-example file. Edit it (change the interface to match your interface), save it, then `netctl enable my-network`

Habitual · 08-26-2013, 12:01 PM

I just ran through a Virtualbox install of the latest Arch,

Code:

cd /etc/netctl/
cp examples/ethernet-dhcp my-network
netctl enable my-network

is all I did and it worked.
No edit, just copied and enabled per the Instructions

I did run

Code:

systemctl enable dhcpcd.service

because I have a router.

glnds · 02-27-2014, 08:08 AM

For static ip profiles you should specify: AutoWired=yes

"netctl-ifplugd@interface.service will prefer profiles which use DHCP. To prefer a profile with a static IP, you can use AutoWired=yes"