How-tos · Wi-Fi

Use a network without DHCP

Give the device a fixed IP address, and your own DNS and time servers, on a network that does not hand out addresses.

  1. Add the network first. In Settings → Wi-Fi, choose Add a network, pick it and type the password. (A hidden network has its own entry, which asks for the name first.)
  2. Open the network's page: Enter on it in the list of saved networks.
  3. Set IP address to Fixed. The address, the prefix and the gateway start from what the network is giving the device at that moment, so you only change what is wrong.
    • Address: four numbers, like 10.39.39.13.
    • Prefix: 1 to 30. 24 is 255.255.255.0.
    • Gateway: optional; empty means none.
  4. Leave the page. The setting is checked and applied then; a bad address is refused with the reason.
  5. Check it. Back in Settings → Wi-Fi, Enter on Status shows the address, the mask, the gateway, the DNS and NTP servers, and where each came from.

DNS and time

DNS and NTP on the Wi-Fi page holds two DNS servers (9.9.9.9 and 1.1.1.1 by default) and two NTP servers (pool.ntp.org and time.cloudflare.com). They are used on Fixed networks, or on every network if Always use my DNS is on. Leave a second server empty if you only have one. IPv4 only.

To go back, set IP address to Automatic. Forget this network is at the bottom of the same page.