Configure static local IP on Raspberry Pi Raspbian

28 April, 2016

1. Login to your Raspberry Pi and check your networking

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet         HWaddr 00:0c:29:7c:05:22 
     inet addr:192.168.1.123     Bcast:192.168.1.255      Mask:255.255.255.0 
     UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

2. Edit the network config file »interfaces«

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

3. You will see these lines

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# Please note that this file is written to be used with dhcpcd
# For static IP, consult /etc/dhcpcd.conf and 'man dhcpcd.conf'

# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d

auto lo
auto eth0

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dynamic

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
   wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet manual
   wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.con

4. Change the lines to this configuration (don't mind the comments)

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# Please note that this file is written to be used with dhcpcd
# For static IP, consult /etc/dhcpcd.conf and 'man dhcpcd.conf'

# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d

auto lo
auto eth0

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet static            # dynamic is changed to static 
address 192.168.1.100             # your custom local IP 
netmask 255.255.255.0             # same as Mask on ifconfig 
network 192.168.1.0               # same as Bcast on ifconfig but with the zero at the end
broadcast 192.168.1.255           # same as Bcast on ifconfig
gateway 192.168.1.1               # default local network IP 
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4   # Google's DNS servers

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
   wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet manual
   wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

5. Save the file and restart networking

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

6. Check your local static IP

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet          HWaddr 00:0c:29:7c:05:22 
     inet addr:192.168.1.100      Bcast:192.168.1.255      Mask:255.255.255.0 
     UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

7. You may have to reboot your Raspberry Pi

sudo reboot

Note: You can also edit /etc/resolv.conf but these changes will be overwritten on reboot.