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bluevobler
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Post subject: (SOLVED) No internet connection after Mother Board swap.
Posted: 25.06.2011, 04:33
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Joined: 2010-12-03
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Location: Vancouver
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Just changed by Main Board,but decided to keep my existing Aptosid installation. I have done it before without any major hiccups. This time however I have not been able to get my internet connection back. I have tried "/etc/init.d/networking restart", but so far to no success. It is a Gigabyte Main Board with built in LAN - RTL8111C chip.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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Last edited by bluevobler on 26.06.2011, 03:04; edited 2 times in total
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piper
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Post subject: RE: No internet connection after Mother Board swap.
Posted: 25.06.2011, 05:49
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Joined: 2010-09-11
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Location: cheektowaga, ny
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try as root
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ifdown eth0
ifup eth0
if that don't work try installing/reinstalling the firmware
Code:
apt-get update && apt-get install firmware-linux firmware-linux-free firmware-linux-nonfree
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fw-detect
Code:
apt-get install firmware-realtek
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2spoons
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Posted: 25.06.2011, 07:50
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When I had a similar problem recently I found that the previously required module for the ethernet chip of the old board was still being loaded before the one required for the new m/board.
So, in /etc/modules I commented out the sis900 module that was being loaded, leaving the required atl1c module of the new board. That, as I recall, was all. |
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bfree
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Posted: 25.06.2011, 09:12
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Removing /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (or at least the line for the old eth0) will wipe the systems memory of the fact that the old network device was meant to be eth0.
Simply running ceni now before you remove that file will confirm that is the problem if it shows you that your ethernet device is now named eth1. |
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bluevobler
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Post subject: No internet connection after Mother Board swap.
Posted: 25.06.2011, 21:30
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Thanks a lot everybody.
I have followed pretty much most of the suggestions. I had some problems with Piper advice as it requires functioning internet. I have commented out and commented back one by one all the entries in the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, but so far no change. As for the 2spoons suggestion I have not been able the exact file that you mentioned. If you could be a bit more specific it would help immensely.
I hope I made it clear that this not a wireless card that I am trying to configure'
Once again thanks for all the help. Hopefully more advice will follow.
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bluevobler
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Post subject: RE: No internet connection after Mother Board swap.
Posted: 26.06.2011, 03:08
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I finally had the guts to delete the whole "etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" file and exactly as Bfree predicted after a reboot I am back on line.
Thanks again everyone who contributed to this valuable learning experience.
Richard |
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mylo
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Post subject: Re: RE: No internet connection after Mother Board swap.
Posted: 26.06.2011, 14:39
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piper wrote:
try as root
Code:
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0
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For information:
After d-u today I had no internet.
The above cited wake-up procedure did help. |
_________________ Regards
mylo
Linux 3.1-6.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 x86_64[2010-03 Ἀπάτη (201012262151)]
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ Cache/Ram 4MB/4GB nVidia G72 7300 nouveau 2*250GB
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bluevobler
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Post subject: No internet after Mother Board swap
Posted: 26.06.2011, 19:54
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Hi Milo.
Thanks for the input.
I did tried the "ifdown and ifup" commands,but it did not work for me. The message was that eth0 was not configured.
The only thing that work for me was to delete the "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent.rules".
Thanks again.
Richard |
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