Tool/software: Linux
Created an SD card with the pre-built SDK. When in /etc/network/interfaces, eth0 interface is described as:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
System works correctly (beagle bone is able to get an ip address from the dhcp server of the network and I can see it by typing ifconfig; it is 192.168.1.17).
However, when I change the description for a static ip addres as below:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.20
netmask 255.255.255.0
ifconfig still shows the address assigned by the dhcp server, I.e. 192.168.1.17
(I was hoping to see
