I am assigning static IP address on a Linux module (custom Yocto Distribution on TI AM3359 custom hardware) using the ifconfig command.
sudo ifconfig eth1 10.11.3.80 netmask 255.255.248.0
sudo route add default gw 10.11.0.1 eth1
If I do this before around 60 seconds of time, the routing table looks like this and I am able to ping the module from a dynamic IP of range 172.10.xx.xx indefinitely.
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 10.11.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
10.11.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.248.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
But if I assign a static IP instantly after power up, my routing table changes to this after a delay which is around a minute or so.
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
0.0.0.0 10.11.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
10.11.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.248.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
After this scenario happens, I am unable to ping the board from a dynamic IP address.
Please suggest what to do as I have explored almost all of the internet for a solution yet haven't found anything at all.
My firewall looks like this:
root@a:~# iptables -S
-P INPUT ACCEPT
-P FORWARD ACCEPT
-P OUTPUT ACCEPT
And this is the output of ip addr:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: sit0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
3: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,DYNAMIC,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3c:e0:64:14:b3:c9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,DYNAMIC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3c:e0:64:14:b3:cb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.11.3.80/21 brd 10.11.7.255 scope global eth1
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet 169.254.199.165/16 brd 169.254.255.255 scope global eth1
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::3ee0:64ff:fe14:b3cb/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
Mind that if I try to ping the module from a similar IP range e.g., of range 10.xx.x.xx, it works.
I tried disabling zeroconf, my firewall and tried disabling dhcp.
But none of them seemed to work.
EDIT:
ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: sit0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
3: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,DYNAMIC,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3c:e0:64:14:b3:c9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,DYNAMIC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3c:e0:64:14:b3:cb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.11.3.80/21 brd 10.11.7.255 scope global eth1
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet 169.254.199.165/16 brd 169.254.255.255 scope global eth1
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::3ee0:64ff:fe14:b3cb/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
ip r
default dev eth1 scope link
default via 10.11.0.1 dev eth1
10.11.0.0/21 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 10.11.3.80
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 169.254.199.165
