Static IP

plutuplutu

Hello,

How do I set a static wifi IP for Solus so I can manage MPD from my smartphone?

Thanks

kaktuspalme

Which edition are you using? In Plasma you can set it in the System Settings -> Internet -> WLAN & Network (translated from German).
For other editions I don't know unfortunately.

plutuplutu

kaktuspalme Which edition are you using?

Silly me 🤦
GNOME

codewizard1975

For GNOME, go into Settings -> Network. Click on the gear on your Wired link. Click on IPv4 tab and set it from Automatic to Manual. Enter your IP address, Netmask and Gateway. DNS and Gateways are normally automatically filled out by DHCP.

In case it doesn't populate DNS settings, or you want to use something different, you can enter either Google's Public IPs, Cloudflares or any other free public DNS server.

For routes, the address and netmask are both 0.0.0.0 and the Gateway is usually the same as your internal IP scheme (like 192.168.0.1) The last number should be set to 1 which is the usual default for routers. Very rarely do they default to something else.

If it fails, set it back to Automatic and let me know and I'll help you out the best I can.

plutuplutu

codewizard1975 thanks, I was missing the part where I had to click on the selected wifi's parameter icon to access the relevant window.

plutuplutu

Well, now I think I have a DNS issue: half of the sites I visit wont load if I'm not in dhcp.

codewizard1975

Hmmm... I use Cloudflares Public DNS servers and never have any issues. (1.1.1.1/1.0.0.1 or 1.1.1.2/1.0.0.2 - second set has basic malware filtering)

Try entering one of those and see if that helps.