How to create a static IP address when connecting to ethernet

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Hello,

I am having trouble creating an ethernet connection to the qube. I can do it with wireless, but not with manual ethernet connection. In order to connect to ethernet connection I have to assign a static IP and custom dns records.
What I done so far:

  • created an AppVM called Net11 with only network-manager as a service and Provides network option enabled
  • Assign sys-firewall as NetVM to Net11
  • Created a new ethernet connection with static IP and DNS Servers IP inside Net11
  • Assigned Net11 to one of the qubes as NetVM

Fired up Firefox but still no internet connection.

Followed this guide up until the VPN part:

Have I missed something?

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Set Net11 netvm to (none), sys-firewall netvm to Net11 and one of your qubes netvm as sys-firewall:
Net11 → sys-firewall → testqube

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If I set the netvm of Net11 to none the ethernet connection gets dropped

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Can you describe it in more details?
How did you configure Net11 and what do you mean by “ethernet connection gets dropped”?
Can you give the logs of this drop?

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Name NetVM

zyra-net sys-firewall with Ethernet connection “ZYRAA” provide network
sys-firewall sys-net
work zyra-net

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Why are you attaching your network controller to zyra-net connected to sys-net instead of sttaching it to sys-net as should be configured by default?

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Because I followed the guide in the link above where the newly created Net11 has the networking set to sys-firewall not sys-net

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The guide is about configuring VPN connection in your zyra-net qube, but it’s not saying anywhere that you need to attach your PCI network controllers to zyra-net.

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Set Net11 netvm to (none), sys-firewall netvm to Net11 and one of your qubes netvm as sys-firewall:
Net11 → sys-firewall → testqube

So i set the NetVMs as follows
zyra-net —> None
sys-firewall —> zyra-net
work —> sys-firewall

Still no ethernet connection. It shows as disconnected

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Did you attach your network controller to zyra-net?
What’s the output of this command in zyra-net terminal?

ip a
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it shows
loopback interface
127.0.0.1

vif5.0 interface
10.137.0.11

no eth0 interface

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But if I connect like in the main post it shows the correct interface and IP address.

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Did you attach your network controller to zyra-net in its Devices tab in qube settings?
Also why do you want to use zyra-net instead of default sys-net?

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No I did not. How do I do that?

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Lets start from the beginning.
What do you want to achieve?

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Thanks for the patience with this noob that you are talking to :sweat_smile: .

I have the work network that I want to connect but it requires static IP address and is with ethernet.
I want to create a separate NetVM for this kind of connection.
Whenever I fire up the work qube I want to use this connection.

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So you want to have your default network connection using wireless connection in sys-net.
And have a separate connection to local network using your ethernet connection in zyra-net.

In this case check your sys-net Devices tab in its qube Settings and remove your PCI ethernet controller from the right column and only leave your wireless controller there.
Set your zyra-net settings to have this configuration in its qube Settings:

  • Basic tab:
    Net qube: (none)
  • Advanced tab:
    Uncheck “Include in memory balancing” in Memory/CPU block
    Set HVM mode in Virtualization block
  • Devices tab:
    Move your ethernet controller from left column to right column

Done.

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This is done in the qube where the Ethernet controller is, by default it’s sys-net.

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When I try to pass the ethernet controller to the right it prevents me.
“ERROR: Devices Tab:
Can’t attach PCI device to VM in pvh mode”