I am having a bit of trouble getting my network connection working Following "Systemd with wpa_supplicant and static IP" at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration#Manual_w... If I follow this exactly to interface will not come up [root@grumpy10 ~]# systemctl -l status network-wireless@mlan0 * network-wireless@mlan0.service - Wireless network connectivity (mlan0) Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/network-wireless@.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2015-07-13 08:17:23 CDT; 6min ago Process: 239 ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip addr add $address/$netmask broadcast $broadcast dev %i (code=exited, status=2) Process: 237 ExecStart=/usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -B -i %i -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 235 ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i up (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 239 (code=exited, status=2) CGroup: /system.slice/system-network\x2dwireless.slice/network-wireless@mlan0.service Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: Starting Wireless network connectivity (mlan0 $address)... Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 ip[239]: RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: network-wireless@mlan0.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: Failed to start Wireless network connectivity (mlan0 $address). Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: network-wireless@mlan0.service: Unit entered failed state. Jul 13 08:17:23 grumpy10 systemd[1]: network-wireless@mlan0.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. If I change the "ip addr add" line and change $address/$netmask to 192.168.2.110/24 the interface will come up [root@grumpy10 ~]# cat /etc/conf.d/network-wireless-mlan0 address=192.168.2.110 netmask=24 broadcast=192.168.2.255 gateway=192.168.2.1 [root@grumpy10 ~]# cat /etc/systemd/system/network-wireless\@.service [Unit] Description=Wireless network connectivity (%i $address) Wants=network.target Before=network.target BindsTo=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device [Service] Type=oneshot RemainAfterExit=yes EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/network-wireless-%i ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i up ExecStart=/usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -B -i %i -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip addr add 192.168.2.110/24 broadcast $broadcast dev %i ExecStart=/usr/bin/ip route add default via $gateway ExecStop=/usr/bin/ip addr flush dev %i ExecStop=/usr/bin/ip link set dev %i down [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Suggestion appreciated