# Help changing static ip
**URL:** https://discuss.pynq.io/t/help-changing-static-ip/260
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 28, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/help-changing-static-ip/260 "2019-06-28T21:44:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@rvq](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/rvq)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/help-changing-static-ip/260/1 "2019-06-28T21:44:35Z")
I’m trying to change the static IP. I’ve gone to /etc/netplan/ directory and there is no ‘.yaml’ file. is there supposed to be one here?
It looks like the networkd service is running so I create a yaml file in /etc/netplan called 01-netcfg.yaml with the following contents:
```
# This file is generated from information provided by
# the datasource. Changes to it will not persist across an instance.
# To disable cloud-init's network configuration capabilities, write a file
# /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg with the following:
# network: {config: disabled}
network:
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
eth0:
address:
- 192,168.1.31/24
#gateway4: 192.168.1.1
nameservers:
addresses: [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]
```
This approach is taken from
[https://netplan.io/examples](https://netplan.io/examples)
When I run sudo netplan apply I get the following error
**Error in network definition //etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml line 12 column 24: unknown key address**
What am I missing here?
I did find this
[https://pynq.readthedocs.io/en/v2.0/faqs.html#how-do-i-set-change-the-static-ip-address-on-the-board](https://pynq.readthedocs.io/en/v2.0/faqs.html#how-do-i-set-change-the-static-ip-address-on-the-board)
Why do we edit this instead of using the regular netplan yaml config?
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### Author:  [@cathalmccabe](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/cathalmccabe)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2019, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/help-changing-static-ip/260/2 "2019-06-30T08:54:41Z")
Are you just trying to change it after the board has booted?
From terminal:
sudo ifconfig eth0:0 [new IP address]
Cathal
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### Author:  [@rvq](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/rvq)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/help-changing-static-ip/260/3 "2019-07-02T20:37:19Z")
I was trying to change it permanently so it is set to a different address (different than .99) once booted and for all other boots.
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### Author:  [@sleach3](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/sleach3)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/help-changing-static-ip/260/4 "2019-07-03T16:47:57Z")
If you go to /etc/network/interface.d and open the eth0 file. You can change the boards default IP address for every boot.
Also, if you aren’t planning on connecting this board to a router or anything you could comment out the top two lines while you are editing the file.
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### Author:  [@rvq](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/rvq)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/help-changing-static-ip/260/5 "2019-07-03T16:52:36Z")
Thank you sleach3! I’m curious - I thought Ubuntu18x used netplan. It looks like bionic is Ubuntu 18.x why isn’t this using netplan like Ubuntu 18?
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### Author:  [@sleach3](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/sleach3)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/help-changing-static-ip/260/6 "2019-07-03T16:57:33Z")
That I can not help you with. I assume that they use some modified system to make it run more efficiently.
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### Author:  [@rock](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/rock)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/help-changing-static-ip/260/7 "2019-07-03T19:02:52Z")
Using `/etc/network/interface.d` is quite a standard technique…
You can probably try netplan, but you have to apt install it before using it.