I easily installed Qubes v4.2.4
Then I tried to update the system “Qubes OS Updates”, but this action ended in failure.
Probably the problem of failure is incorrect network settings.
I tried to configure Ethernet to the address 192.168.1.50/24
But to my surprise, the Documentation | Qubes OS does not contain recommendations for setting up a network - why??
For example, setting up a network for Debian is easy at the installation stage and does not raise questions.
Searching with Google brought only outdated recommendations, which, unfortunately, turned out to be irrelevant for the modern version 4.2.4.
I am still amazed by this mystery and cannot set up a network for Qubes
“Setting up a network” is a very vague term. Are you trying to set a static IP address for QubesOS when connected to your home network? Or something else?
Perhaps a better question is, are you familiar with the peculiarities of the QubesOS network architecture? Generally, there are AppVMs that you run things like web browsers in, connected to sys-firewall, which is itself connected to sys-net. sys-net is the VM that actually connects to WiFi; if you need to set a static IP address that would be the place to do it.
Are you trying to set a static IP address for QubesOS when connected to your home network?
O yes, of course, I want to set up Qubes on my home network 192.168.1.x/24 with internet access via a regular router, to update Qubes.
But I don’t want to use DHCP, I want to assign Qubes a static address = 192.168.1.50/24
By the way, Debian on this home network is easily configured to a static address 192.168.1.40 and works fine.
Upd. Yes, I read this article Networking | Qubes OS, but it does not answer my question.
I would generally recommend setting a static DHCP lease in your router, but if you need to set up a static IP address on the Qubes side, you can do so by accessing the network properties in sys-net.
Assuming you’re on a laptop and at least have wifi hardware installed, you can right click on the sys-net widget in the toolbar, “Edit Connections” and then you can add a new or edit an existing connection, under IPv4.
I know all this, and when you wrote these recommendations, I had already solved the problem.
The problem was solved using the Network applet in the tray.
The problem was that when entering the address 192.168.1.50, mask and gateway, it was impossible to enter dots, only commas were entered.
After the reboot, it became possible to enter dots, and the problem with the settings was solved.
This is probably a bug of version 4.2.4.
