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EArroyo

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My onbaord nic just died.  I tried to use a TPLink USB 3.0 to Ethernet adapter but it did not work after booting it never shows MAC address.  I returned the TPLink and got the UGREEN.  Problem is, it will not get IP or DNS from DHCP server.  I tried setting static IP but I get "No route to host."   And I can't just slap on a PCIe because I am using them all...

 

HORRIBLE USB Nic support....  UGH!

 

BTW my router sees the USB Nic and shows the correct IP address I statically assigned to it.  It's the "in-betweens" like routing and gateway stuff that's not allowing me to use my unRAID online.

 

This is getting frustrating....  No dhclient, no systemctl, no nmcli, what can I do here?  /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 says RTNETLINK ansers: File exists / dhcpd already running. 

rc.inet1 restart doesn't work either, always gets a 169.254 ip address.  😤

 

I just tried a 10/100 USB 2.0 with same results.   This does not seem to be hardware related.  Can we get USB Nic support fixed?

 

Edited by EArroyo
Posted (edited)

Can someone please tell me I did something wrong here so I can fix it?

 

ifconfig (no bridge to simplify things)

root@MMPC1:~# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.25.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.25.255
        ether 00:0e:c6:30:64:be  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 21  bytes 4045 (3.9 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 14531  bytes 835997 (816.4 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 77277  bytes 28890364 (27.5 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 77277  bytes 28890364 (27.5 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

 

route table

root@MMPC1:~# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
default         192.168.25.254  0.0.0.0         UG    209    0        0 eth0
192.168.25.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     209    0        0 eth0

 

ping gateway/router

root@MMPC1:~# ping 192.168.25.254
PING 192.168.25.254 (192.168.25.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.25.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.25.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.25.1 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.25.1 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 192.168.25.254 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 6175ms
pipe 4

 

ping local IP

root@MMPC1:~# ping 192.168.25.1
PING 192.168.25.1 (192.168.25.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.25.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.019 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.25.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.050 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.25.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.049 ms
^C
--- 192.168.25.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2053ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.019/0.039/0.050/0.014 ms 

 

Edited by EArroyo
Posted (edited)
12 minutes ago, trurl said:

Is that after giving up on USB NIC and using a real NIC?

 

No, can't give up on USB NIC, I don't have PCIe available on machine and both VM's are legit Windows 10 (now Windows 11) and Server 2019 licenses I paid money for and don't want to replace MB and have to purchase licenses again.  This is with USB NIC.  Is there something I should know about USB NICs and unRAID?  I read UGREEN were compatible, but not sure if that is true with unRAID v6?

Edited by EArroyo
Posted (edited)

ethtool

root@MMPC1:/etc/rc.d# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
	Supported ports: [ TP	 MII ]
	Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
	                        1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
	Supported pause frame use: No
	Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
	Supported FEC modes: Not reported
	Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
	                        1000baseT/Full
	Advertised pause frame use: No
	Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
	Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
	Link partner advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
	                                     100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
	                                     1000baseT/Full
	Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
	Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
	Link partner advertised FEC modes: Not reported
	Speed: 1000Mb/s
	Duplex: Full
	Auto-negotiation: on
	Port: MII
	PHYAD: 3
	Transceiver: internal
	Supports Wake-on: pg
	Wake-on: g
        Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                               drv probe link
	Link detected: yes

 

arp -a

root@MMPC1:~# arp -a
? (192.168.25.254) at <incomplete> on eth0
  

 

What's very intriguing is from VM I can actually access 192.168.25 network, but not from outside...  Is there a firewall block maybe???  I'm out of ideas....  UGH!

 

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EDIT:

 

BTW, I just tried bridged (br0) and I get same results...

 

Edited by EArroyo
Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, EArroyo said:

BTW, I just tried bridged (br0) and I get same results...

Do you have bonding enabled as my Qnap usb device doesnt like bonding being enabled for the ethx device

Edited by SimonF
Posted
On 11/20/2021 at 1:15 PM, SimonF said:

Do you have bonding enabled as my Qnap usb device doesnt like bonding being enabled for the ethx device

 

No, I don't.

Posted (edited)

Is there a list of compatible PCI (not PCI-e) adapter?

 

I found 3 on Amazon:
 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000XKBQU D-Link DGE-530T (unknown M-TEK chipset)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000TO0BQ StarTech ST1000BT32 (RTL8110SC chipset)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YSNWLAC X-MEDIA XM-NA3500 (RTL8169SC chipset)

 

I am not using any PCI cards, so hopefully I get the 1000 speed...  It's an ASUS MSA97 R2.0 motherboard.  Haven't even checked specs of bridges...

 

EDIT:

 

Ordered the StarTech, I've had good results with StarTech and RealTek products before...  We shall see...   BUT this USB 3.0 NIC support really stinks...

Edited by EArroyo
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