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On one of my RPi, it gave me trouble: it overridden the defined Static IP, replaced it with Dynamic IP (e.g. It is a daemon software which helps the RPi receiving dynamic IP assigned by DHCP server. Through experimentation, I also found that each of RPis runs DHCPCD server. Also, we need to define the address of DNS servers that the RPi should lookup to, so that when they browse to a specific URL Site, they could find it by the site’s Domain name (e.g. However, it’s not enough to help the RPis for recognising my Desktop PC as the Gateway to Internet. In this article, I am going to share my experience about how to share the internet connection received by my Ubuntu Desktop PC to the wired Raspberry Pis via Local Area Network.Ĭonfigure DHCP Client service on each of RPisĭefining a static IP address on an RPi through writing it on /etc/hosts file , helped me remoting the RPi from my Desktop PC. Through google-ing efforts and trial-error attempts, I bumped into this article & followed partial steps in the article to get this done. It took me few hours to understand, how sharing internet connection from my Ubuntu PC to my RPis can be done. It seemed that my Desktop PC did not share the Internet connection it receives to my RPis. Either through tethering my iPhone to my PC or connecting the PC to my Wireless MiFi modem, I could get access to internet from my Desktop PC, BUT not from the RPis in the wired LAN.
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I did ping test from an RPi to other connected RPis, from my Desktop PC to RPis, run ssh command from my desktop PC to the RPis, and the outcome were all went well.Ī problem arise when I connected my Desktop PC to internet.
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I planned the topology of the wired Network as shown in this following picture: I wired the Rpis using the UTP Cat6 cables to the LAN Switch, and also connected my Ubuntu Desktop PC into the Switch as well. I did this because I want to remote the RPis from my own desktop PC using SSH or Remote Desktop, by specifying their static IP Address. Once I have setup Raspbian Jessie OS on each of these RPis, I then booted them, (by using my Desktop PC’s Keyboard , Mouse & HDMI monitor) and began on assigning host name & static IP on each of the RPis (through editing their /etc/hostname & /etc/hosts files). I ordered those parts, to be used for building an ARM based Computers Cluster, wired altogether forming a Local Area Network. Sometime before I write this article, I bought 5 units of Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, along with : 6 pieces of UTP Cat 6 RJ-45 cables, 5 Sandisk 16GB Micro SD cards, an 8 ports TP-Link TL-SF1008D LAN Switch, and an Anker 6 ports USB Power Adapter with 6 USB OTG cables as well.