ODroid XU4 - v6.15 - Network settings not saved on reboot.

[cyanide]

Just updated my odroid xu4 to dietpi 6.15

Network settings are lost on reboot. Here is how I have them (replace xx with IP):
IP: 192.168.1.xx/24
Router: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 127.0.0.1 (Pihole)

Extra hosts added to /etc/hosts

Behavior noticed after the update to 6.15

Upon every reboot, eth0 isn't brought up automatically.

I have to do the following:

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ifconfig eth0 up
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.xx netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.1.1

Setting them in dietpi-config does nothing. The /etc/network/interfaces file has the correct settings. But they are not applied on startup. This is a big problem because the odroid is running headless, so I need to attach a monitor and a keyboard to turn on networking again.

[Shanther]

I am experiencing the exact same issue. At least now I have a temp fix. Thank you.

[WarHawk]

Could you put that string in /etc/rc.local?

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ifconfig eth0 up
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.xx netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.1.1

Odd that it doesn't come up...

[cyanide]

Further discussion is carried on here: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/2071

If anyone has anything to add or another data point, please feel free to join in.

The easier thing is to simply do

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service networking start

or

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systemctl start networking

No need to even enter the ifconfig or route command. The networking service fails to start on boot and this causes the actual issue.

[Joseph_Lin]

It does not work on my Odroid C2

[MichaIng]

@Joseph_Lin
If you are on Jessie, could you please try:

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sed -i '/[[:blank:]]Workaround_WiFi$/a\\t\tsystemctl start networking' /DietPi/dietpi/boot

[Shanther]

6.16 did NOT fix this issue.

[MichaIng]

Indeed, I also thought that this fix needs to be done first, as it breaks all Jessie systems .

However did you try the above?

[Shanther]

Not yet. I just do the following:

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ifconfig eth0 up
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.49 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.1.1

edit the following DNS

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nano /etc/resolv.conf

[cyanide]

You can either follow MichaIng's instruction or do

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sudo service networking start

instead of the ifconfig and route commands. It will bring up the interface and restore your network settings. I guess 6.17 will have the fix for this.