Direct network access (ethernet) to RaspPi2 from PC Linux

Question

I try to setup an access from my PC Linux (Debian jessie 64 bits) to my new Raspberry-Pi2. (The image is a distro generated by Yocto).

My PC-Linux is connected to the internet on wlan0. I had no ethernet cable connected to my internet box before. My network config on linux is:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 34:17:eb:e0:c1:31  
          inet addr:172.17.15.0  Bcast:172.17.15.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:75 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:75 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:7621 (7.4 KiB)  TX bytes:7621 (7.4 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:19:34:b5:df:bf  
          inet addr:192.168.0.47  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::8219:34ff:feb5:d8bc/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:56855 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36714 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:31888490 (30.4 MiB)  TX bytes:6393979 (6.0 MiB)

On my Rpi, content of the /etc/network/interfaces:

iface eth0 inet static
          address 172.17.15.5
          netmask 255.255.0.0

But it does not work. Even worse, after reboot, ifconfig does not display eth0.

My network knowledge are limitted and I can't point out what's wrong in the net config or raspberry config.

Z.

Your question is unclear. Is the list above on the Pi? If not what does it show? Your attempt to set a static address will not work. See http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/37921/8697 — Milliways, Jan 31 '16 at 23:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '17 at 11:06

The problem is on the Linux side from the looks of it. 172.17.15.0 is not a valid address. The last number must be between 1 and 254. (172.17.15.255 is set as your broadcast address, although it really should be 172.17.255.255 based on the subnet mask.)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 31 '16 at 21:09

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Try adding "auto eth0" to your /etc/network/interfaces:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 172.17.15.5
netmask 255.255.0.0

I hope that helps!

answered Jan 31 '16 at 21:09

user476909

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This will not work. If you read the comment at the top of /etc/network/interfaces this is noted. See http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/37921/8697 – Milliways Jan 31 '16 at 23:16

Direct network access (ethernet) to RaspPi2 from PC Linux

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