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I know this gets asked a lot, but none of the answers are working for me.

I have a USB to ethernet dongle on my Windows PC that I would like to connect to a raspberry pi (version 4.14.71-v7+). On the windows side, I have the ethernet adapter set to a static IPv4 address: 169.254.162.135, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, and default gateway 169.254.162.1.

On the raspberry pi, if I type the command sudo ifconfig eth0 169.254.162.223, everything works fine, I can ping and connect the two systems.

To make the pi boot with this address automatically, I modified /etc/dhcpcd.conf, adding this to the bottom:

interface eth0
static ip_address=169.254.162.223/24
static routers=169.254.162.1
static domain_name_servers=169.254.162.1

But this isn't working. Even after rebooting, I just get: 

eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::30ca:fe09:1545:1b84  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether b8:27:eb:ef:d6:df  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 153  bytes 12781 (12.4 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 35  bytes 3963 (3.8 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

And I can't ping from either direction. Running sudo service dhcpcd status I get:

Nov 04 19:15:32 raspberrypi dhcpcd[518]: eth0: using static address 169.254.162.223/24
Nov 04 19:15:32 raspberrypi dhcpcd[518]: eth0: adding route to 169.254.162.0/24
Nov 04 19:15:32 raspberrypi dhcpcd[518]: eth0: adding default route via 169.254.162.1
Nov 04 19:15:32 raspberrypi dhcpcd[518]: eth0: deleted route to 169.254.162.0/24
Nov 04 19:15:41 raspberrypi dhcpcd[518]: eth0: no IPv6 Routers available

FYI, I did not modify /etc/network/interfaces, so it is still the default:

# 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

What am I missing here?

user2913869
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  • Your config looks good. Educated guess: this is a problem with the fact you are trying to use a link-local subnet (169.254.x.x/24) together with a static configuration in dhcpcd. Try using (say) addresses in 192.168.0.0/24 instead and see if the problem is magically fixed. – Rob Bricheno Nov 04 '18 at 22:30
  • none of the answers are working for me .... why not? – jsotola Nov 05 '18 at 03:43
  • "I can't ping from either direction" – user2913869 Nov 05 '18 at 18:58
  • Is there also a router in addition to the Windows PC and RasPi and does it has the ip address 169.254.162.1? You should not use this ip range, instead use addresses from e.g. 192.168.1.0/24. – Ingo Nov 08 '18 at 10:44

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169.254.162.223 is a Link-local address so it is pointless trying to use as a static IPv4 address.

It is even more futile trying to use 169.254.162.1 for a router as Link-local addresses are not routable.

See How to set up Static IP Address

Milliways
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