# RFSoC 4x2 Does not show any IP address in the Display

**URL:** <https://discuss.pynq.io/t/rfsoc-4x2-does-not-show-any-ip-address-in-the-display/5279>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 28, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/rfsoc-4x2-does-not-show-any-ip-address-in-the-display/5279 "2023-02-28T00:25:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![skalade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.pynq.io/skalade/32/686_2.png) [@skalade](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/skalade)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/rfsoc-4x2-does-not-show-any-ip-address-in-the-display/5279/9 "2023-03-02T17:29:02Z")

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You shouldn’t have to take the SD card out unless you have made changes to the image/need to reflash the image. Power cycling the board (switching the power switch on/off) is what you want to do to reset your board if you made a new connection that maybe hasn’t been picked up.

If the board boots and everything else works then this sounds like a general networking issue. You should be able to connect to a serial terminal, as Cathal described earlier, and do some debugging… Type `ifconfig` to see if there’s an IP address that got assigned after boot perhaps.  
Try searching this forum and others, there are many posts like this one [PYNQ-2.7 on ZCU104 has network connection problem](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/pynq-2-7-on-zcu104-has-network-connection-problem/3362) discussing networking issues.

You could try using the microUSB connection with usbgadget and connect directly to your computer as outlined in the rfsoc4x2 getting started page [Getting started with your RFSoC 4x2 | RFSoC-PYNQ](https://www.rfsoc-pynq.io/rfsoc_4x2_getting_started.html).

Thanks  
Shawn

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