# onboard network interface auto enp4s0 iface enp4s0 inet manual # PCIe nic auto enp8s0 iface enp8s0 inet manual # bond inteface auto bond0 iface bond0 inet manual bond-slaves enp4s0 enp8s0 bond-mode 802.3ad # bridge interface auto br0 iface br0 inet static address 192.168.1.17 netmask 255.255.255. network 192.168.1. broadcast 192.168.1.255 Change iface wlan0 inet dhcp into iface wlan0 inet static. This changes the wlan0 interface from DHCP to static. Add the following lines before the wpa-conf line: address 192.168.1.155 # Static IP you want netmask 255.255.255. gateway 192.168.1.1 # IP of your router. The Raspberry Pi will still be able to connect to the internet. Wrapping up Oct 28, 2016 at 12:23. Please follow the steps:- 1. ensure that internet is working fine on your router. 2. configure lan card for local networking and check working 3. configure "wlan0" in the last, if it doesn't work then change the configuration according your networking. - Sukhjinder Singh. First, add the following to the top level file, /etc/network/interfaces: # wlan0 is the Access Point allow-hotplug eth0 allow-hotplug wlan1 # Now read full interface configuration from the subdirectory source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d That last line is what reads the other files in that subdirectory. Physical interface names should follow the word "auto" on the same line. There can be multiple "auto" stanzas. ifup brings the named inter faces up in the order listed. For example following example setup eth0 (first network interface card) with 192.168.1.5 IP address and gateway (router) to 192.168.1.254: iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.5 i can use hostapd to make an AP. but not connect to wifi as a client. if i comment out. iface wlan0 inet static address 172.24.1.1 netmask 255.255.255. network 172.24.1. broadcast 172.24.1.255. i can connect to a wifi network but hostapd wont let me make a AP. if i leave both as they are nothing seems to work. Thank you all in advance. UPDATE: Some instructions were updated for later versions of Raspbian.. These instructions are for a Pi Zero 1.3.If you have a Pi Zero W, see: Setup Pi Zero W Headless Wifi. To connect my Pi Zero 1.3 over WiFi I ordered an adapter from AdaFruit. The white cable in the picture above is a Micro-USB adapter. #iface wlan0 inet manual: iface wlan0 inet dhcp: wpa-ssid "MyNetworkName" wpa-psk "secretpassword" Raw interfaces (4) This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255. gateway 192.168.1.254 The above example assigns the address 192.168.1.1 to eth0 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and sets the default gateway to 192.168.1.254. Edit the file /etc/network/interfaces with the nano utility like this: sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces Linux systems use two different styles of naming the network interfaces. The first style is the old-style name, such as eth0, eth1, and wlan0.The new ones are based on hardware locations like enp3s0 and wlp2s0.. So, we can use the ls command and the sys file system to quickly list the available network interfaces. Each entry in the /sys/class/net directory represents a physical or virtual