Set a static IP Address on Raspberry Pi OS Wheezy

This page details how to set up a static network IP address on the Ethernet connection on the Raspberry Pi OS Wheezy image, released September 2013, from https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/.

We will give the Raspberry Pi a static IP address of 10.0.0.220.  The router/gateway address will be set at 10.0.0.1, and the DNS server will also be set to 10.0.0.1

Step 1: Find the name of the network device using the command ifconfig

ifconfig

A list of the available network devices will be shown. The ethernet port is typically called eth0.

Step 2: Now we need to create a file in /etc/network/interfaces.d/ called eth0

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0

Step 3:  Add the following text into nano. Change the address, network, netmask and gateway to match your network. If necessary, change eth0 to the name of your network interface.

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.0.0.220
network 10.0.0.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.0.1

Step 4: Reboot to apply the changes:

sudo reboot

Your Raspberry Pi will restart and be accessible on the new IP address