<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>I wasted so much time with my Beagle Bone Black trying to configure eth0 as static. </div><div><br></div><div>I've been working on a way to convert operating modes, but it just refuses to stop running dhclient on eth0.</div><div><br></div><div>In AP mode eth0 is dhcp. In bridge mode I need eth0 to not be dhcp so that br0 can. I've tried doing everything manually, but that did not work.</div><div>I tried copying a specific interfaces file to /etc/network/interfaces and that did not work. I tried assigning an arbitrary address to eth0 and then running dhcp on br0, but that causes problems. I don't actually see NetworkManager on this system so something else is acting stupid.</div><div><br></div><div>I need to boot and then determine our operating mode. AP, Bridge, Tor, Tunnel to UK, etc. I then need to apply settings. I think the</div><div>best thing for me to do is write my own /etc/init.d/networking script. Right now I'm rebooting between mode changes, but I will work it out so that a reboot is not required.</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>