\nThis can be problematic with Raspbian. We have found out the hard way that using DHCP on both adaptors results in eth0 working fine but the gateway IP address assigned by wlan0 DHCP being completely ignored and when using wlan0 to send packets the Linux OS sends ARP requests assuming that any destination IP address is on the local network, instead of passing packets to the gateway as it should. We haven't found a fix to this other than to not use DHCP or to issue the following command to assign the gateway IP address to wlan0 programatically each time after it connects (its volatile):\n<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\nsudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1 wlan0\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nForcing Fixed Network Adapter Names
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\nUnfortunately wlan0 is not always the onboard WiFi on a RPi. We've found issues using the onboard WiFi to create an access point and an additional plug in USB WiFi dongle to connect to a different WiFi network where wlan0 is randomly allocated on power-up and restart. In our experiences (with Raspbian Jesse and a RPI3) removing the HDMI monitor could cause allocation to change when next rebooting. There are well knows ways to allocate WiFi adaptor based on MAC address but this isn't helpful when running on lots of different RPi's. The following is based on the excellent guide at https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/forums\/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=198946<\/a> and allocates the adaptors based on physical USB port.\n<\/p>\n\nSwitch off systemd-predictable mechanism stuff \n<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\nsudo ln -nfs \/dev\/null \/etc\/systemd\/network\/99-default.link\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nNow setup udev rules that uniquely identify the interfaces based on their USB connector positions. Create the file:\n<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\nsudo nano \/etc\/udev\/rules.d\/72-wlan-geo-dependent.rules\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nPaste the following into it:\n<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\n#\r\n# +-----+---------------+\r\n# | | wlan4 | wlan3 |\r\n# |RJ45 +-------+-------+\r\n# | | wlan2 | wlan1 |\r\n# +-----+---------------+ (RPI USB ports with position dependent device names for up to 4 optional wifi dongles)\r\n# \r\n# | wlan0 | (onboard wifi)\r\n#\r\nACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", SUBSYSTEMS=="sdio", KERNELS=="mmc1:0001:1", NAME="wlan0"\r\nACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNELS=="1-1.2", NAME="wlan4"\r\nACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNELS=="1-1.4", NAME="wlan3"\r\nACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNELS=="1-1.3", NAME="wlan2"\r\nACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNELS=="1-1.5", NAME="wlan1"\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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