Static IP Not Working PogoPlug V2

[calzon65]

I’ve been running two PogoPlug V2’s for a few years on Alarm, so I have a little experience. I wanted to do a full system restore today and read about the systemd issues, so I kept that in mind when I reinstalled. I am running the latest Kirkwood version, which I grabbed with the following command.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-kirkwood-latest.tar.gz')
Once I installed the latest Alarm and connect to the system via SSH, I did run three pacman commands, but I ran them in a way to get around the systemd issues per Warheads SE’s suggestions in another post about the systemd problem.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -Syy
pacman -Su
pacman -S linux-kirkwood linux-kirkwood-headers')
After the above three pacmans, I rebooted, and using my IP Scanner, found the IP address of the system then connected again via SSH to the dynamic IP address assigned to the system. Up to this point, I have made no changes to the system except for the three pacmans.

Next I wanted to configure a static IP address, as I have done dozens of times before. So I edited /etc/netctl/eth0 using the settings listed below.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
Description='Static Ethernet'
Interface=eth0
Connection=ethernet
IP=static
Address='192.168.179.40/24'
Gateway='192.168.179.1'
DNS=('192.168.179.1')')
Finally I entered the command netctl enable eth0 and rebooted. This is the same static IP configuration I used before I decided to do a complete reinstall.

After I rebooted, I can’t SSH to the static IP address 192.168.179.40 nor can I see the system with my network IP scanner. There is no other system on my network with that IP address, but I also tried a different static IP address but no change. I am using netctl on my BeagleBone black with no problem, but my second PogoPlug is using an earlier “style” of static IP address control.

I also ran the commands netctl start eth0, netctl restart eth0, and netctl reload eth0. The only way I can connect to the system is to remove the USB thumb-drive, plug it into my other PogoPlug and modify the /etc/netctl/eth0 file to use DHCP.

Using netctl for a static IP address was working fine on this PogoPlug, but now it does not work and I am wondering if it has anything to do with the issues related to systemd. I am at a loss.

[pepedog]

You did not need to do netctl enable eth0
Or you could have done
systemctl disable netctl-ifplugd@eth0

[calzon65]

Thank you for the feedback. After a fresh reinstall and NOT running the netctl enable eth0 command, it is working now.