Support for MX and antiX Linux distros
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Yup, the pencil is what I have been clicking on to edit. Can't rule out clicking the quote by mistake but not as far as I am aware.DukeComposed wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:34 pmClick on the pencil.MultipleX wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:10 pm This forum software is driving me nuts!
Seems to keep adding posts instead of editing them!
Assigning an IP gfor the MAC address on the router is exactly what I did quite some time ago as my router does have this ability. I also use that for a couple of Raspberry Pis. It works fine for the Pis and for Mint but for some reason not for MX. If anyone has any ideas as to why, then I am interested to know. Could it be a bug in dhclient on MX perhaps? As a workaround I have manually assigned a static IP in MX - by as you say, changing from automatic to manual and add the IP/mask/gateway details.CharlesV wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:20 pmSounds like you have it resolved. If you need / want to make your MX machine a static IPv4, then you can use Network Manager Applet to change to a static ip. edit the connection, change to the IPv4 tab, and change from autmomatic ( dhcp) and to static and assign the ip you want. ( just keep it out of your routers dhcp pool.)MultipleX wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:41 pm
Wow! Lots of ideas here. Thank you!.
I did a lot of this networking 101 stuff last night and determined that its not network connectivity.
Today discovered it is actually a DHCP issue.... The MX OS did not acquire the address I was expecting it to have done and I was trying to connect to thin air....
OR
If you can, go into your router and assign an ip FOR the MX machine using it's MAC address. This is a better method imo, but not everyone has this ability.
Please elaborate. Secure boot affects the boot up process for sure, but once the system is booted, it should behave the same as usual. I am aware that secure boot can cause DKMS drivers to fail because they would need to be signed, but I am using the shim so it shouldn't be an issue. I can always test it with secure boot disabled. It only needs to be on for Win anyway.Tom Dooley wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:23 pmMaybe.CharlesV wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:21 pm Are you trying to say having secureBoot enabled is causing his network issue?
From left to right. Edit post, Information, Reply with quote and Accept this answer.MultipleX wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 5:20 pmYup, the pencil is what I have been clicking on to edit. Can't rule out clicking the quote by mistake but not as far as I am aware.DukeComposed wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:34 pmClick on the pencil.MultipleX wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:10 pm This forum software is driving me nuts!
Seems to keep adding posts instead of editing them!
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# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp Code: Select all
#----------------/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections
:::::::::::::: Example: -more of both my devices.nmconnection files wlan0 an eth0 yet filenames would be myWifi.nmconnection and StaticWired.nmconnection
myWifi.nmconnection
::::::::::::::
[connection]
id=SSIDname # this is your SSID on your router as you defined
uuid=83935c68-2222-1111-3333-1c4efba11zd2
type=wifi
interface-name=wlan0
timestamp=11111111
[wifi]
mode=infrastructure
ssid=aSSIDname
[wifi-security]
key-mgmt=wpa-psk
psk=funkyKeypass
[ipv4]
method=auto
[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
method=disabled
[proxy]
::::::::::::::
StaticWired.nmconnection
::::::::::::::
[connection]
id=myPrivate_Static_eth0
uuid=e7de3bcd-cd08-3439-a605-ccffa7e38333 # all these are none real your own hardware will fill in similar
type=ethernet
autoconnect-priority=-999
interface-name=eth0
timestamp=111111111
[ethernet]
duplex=full
mac-address=n2:R1:65:44:D2:36
mtu=9000
speed=10000
[ipv4]
address1=10.10.100.2/29
may-fail=false
method=manual
never-default=true
route1=10.10.100.2/29,10.10.100.1,100
[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
method=disabled
[proxy] Using the router and assigning on the MAC address is exactly how my MX machines work. Something is off with your mac or router if its not working for you.MultipleX wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 5:20 pmAssigning an IP gfor the MAC address on the router is exactly what I did quite some time ago as my router does have this ability. I also use that for a couple of Raspberry Pis. It works fine for the Pis and for Mint but for some reason not for MX. If anyone has any ideas as to why, then I am interested to know. Could it be a bug in dhclient on MX perhaps? As a workaround I have manually assigned a static IP in MX - by as you say, changing from automatic to manual and add the IP/mask/gateway details.CharlesV wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:20 pmSounds like you have it resolved. If you need / want to make your MX machine a static IPv4, then you can use Network Manager Applet to change to a static ip. edit the connection, change to the IPv4 tab, and change from autmomatic ( dhcp) and to static and assign the ip you want. ( just keep it out of your routers dhcp pool.)MultipleX wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:41 pm
Wow! Lots of ideas here. Thank you!.
I did a lot of this networking 101 stuff last night and determined that its not network connectivity.
Today discovered it is actually a DHCP issue.... The MX OS did not acquire the address I was expecting it to have done and I was trying to connect to thin air....
OR
If you can, go into your router and assign an ip FOR the MX machine using it's MAC address. This is a better method imo, but not everyone has this ability.
DHCP works like this: You build or buy a network device, something like a cable modem from your ISP or a wireless access point or you build a server yourself. It runs dhcpd and it listens for machines on your LAN that are booting up and connecting for the first time asking for an IP address. The network device says "I've been told you can have something between 192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.100, so you get, um, 192.168.0.11 and no one else will get that address from me. I'll write that down." And then it does.CharlesV wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:37 pm Using the router and assigning on the MAC address is exactly how my MX machines work. Something is off with your mac or router if its not working for you.