Hello all ! I bought a PCI Ethernet card (10/100/1000), in order to replace the one built-in my computer (on the motherboard), and which only is 10/100. I installed it, but how can I "tell" Solus to use the PCI card instead of the one bult-in ?
Thank you !
PCI Ethernet card
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Bouquins Connect the Ethernet cable to the PCI card.
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Bouquins I think you can also disable the built-in card from NetworkManager settings if you want to. There should also be an option to adjust the priorities for auto-connect in order to prefer the PCI one.
If you're just using the PCI card with the built-in Ethernet unplugged, then it should just work.
I've disabled eth0 (which is, I think, the built-in card), but the PCI doesn't work. Thank you for helping !
BTW if there are any commands from the terminal I should use in order to show my network configuration, please feel free to ask.
I think if you type :
ip a
in a terminal that should give you info (man ip should help as well). I think ip replace ifconfig.
jeanste@soluschambre ~ $ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp2s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:e0:ff:68:4e:dd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: enp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 78:45:c4:00:3a:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.173/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp3s0
valid_lft 38569sec preferred_lft 38569sec
inet6 2a01:e0a:bd7:8cc0:e6af:994:a72c:6e27/64 scope global dynamic noprefixroute
valid_lft 86068sec preferred_lft 86068sec
inet6 fe80::5ed8:1f0f:9aa0:9ac7/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
jeanste@soluschambre ~ $
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Bouquins Does lspci show you the card?
jeanste@soluschambre ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H61 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family Desktop SATA Controller (IDE mode, ports 0-3) (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family Desktop SATA Controller (IDE mode, ports 4-5) (rev 04)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
jeanste@soluschambre ~ $
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What exactly doesn't work? Do you mean the card is not available as an interface?
When I plug the ethernet cord in the PCI card, it doesn't work. The little circle in the network manager keeps rolling...When I plug it in the built-in ethernet port, it works. Thanks again for everybody's help.
On which desktop are you Budgie, Gnome, KDE ?
If on Budgie or Gnome, you can try to see what's on the System settings -- Network.
Your PCI card is listed according to your lspci (what I don't understand is why there are two similar card
with a different rev, but I am not a specialist).
I'm on Budgie; I'm going to check Settings > Network. Thank you !
When I plug it on the other Ethernet in Network > Settings, it doesn't work either, and bandwidth show a limit of 100 Mbs, which is abnormal since my card is a 1000 MBs....
AFAIK your card can be 1Gb, but you have also to check your ethernet cable. I don't exactly remember the numbers
but if your cable is Cat5 or less, you won't be able to get more than 100Mb. I believe a cable Cat 6A is the minimum
in order to expect 1Gb. Nevertheless, you should be able to get at least 100Mb with your new card whatever the
cable is.
Up, please.
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Try booting the LTS kernel and see if it works there.
After the update, same issue.