[opensuse] advice on new NIC card
Hello everyone, Just this evening I was happily working away on my desktop, Box #1 below, when lightning struck a house nearby. Immediately my internet connection went out, and so I spent some time troubleshooting. When I was finished troubleshooting, I found out that the embedded LAN connection on my motherboard was fried. Weird, because the router and modem didn't have any problem, but I have confirmed that it is the NIC on my motherboard. The router and modem still work fine. My motherboard is an ASUS E4465_M4A78T-E_v2. The location of my desktop in my house is such that the wifi signal is weak enough to make connecting by wifi not a good long term option. So I need to buy a new NIC to plug into my motherboard, so that I can reconnect by ethernet. I have never installed an NIC, as I have always justbeen able to use the embedded card. So, can you give me advice on anything related to this? The cards that are available at the store right now are these: TP-LINK PCI-E GIGABIT LAN CARD PCI-E 3468 TP-LINK GIGABIT LAN CARD PCI 3269 INTEX LAN CARD IT-584 D-LINK LANCARD DFE-520TX EDIMAX LANCARD EN-9130TXL I don't know if these are all compatible with my board or my system. My board has 2 PCI slots and 2 PCIEX16 slots, so I think that probably the 2nd card listed will work, but I don't know if PCI-E is the same thing as PCIEX. And then, how could I find out if the card I want to pick is compatible with openSUSE? I know most stuff is compatible these days, but I don't want to make the long trip to the store only to find out that I can't use the card when I get back. Thanks in advance -- George Box #1: 13.2 | KDE 4.14 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 16GB Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | 4GB Laptop #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | 8GB Laptop #2: 13.2 | KDE 4.14 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:47:01 +0800 George Olson (SUSE list) wrote: 8< - - - - - trimmed - - - - - >8
My motherboard is an ASUS E4465_M4A78T-E_v2.
There's a PDF of the manual for that board available here: http://manualmachine.com/asus/m4a78t-e/44105-e4465_m4a78t-e_v2/ 8< - - - - - trimmed - - - - - >8
I have never installed an NIC,
It's easy, just read the manuals, wear a grounding strap, work in a well lit space and know that you should really never have to force these things to fit. If you're starting to bear down and the component hasn't slid or snapped into place, there's something wrong. Stop, inspect carefully and confirm your understanding of what you've read. 8< - - - - - trimmed - - - - - >8
TP-LINK PCI-E GIGABIT LAN CARD PCI-E 3468
This one is Linux compatible. See: <http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2012-11-01-tp-link-tg-3468-gigabit-ethernet-pcie>
TP-LINK GIGABIT LAN CARD PCI 3269
This one is Linux compatible. See: <http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2012-08-18-tp-link-tg-3269-netzwerkkarte-1000-mbit-pci>
INTEX LAN CARD IT-584
A quick search did not reveal a comparable 'Linux compatible' link for this card.
D-LINK LANCARD DFE-520TX
EDIMAX LANCARD EN-9130TXL A quick search did not reveal a comparable 'Linux compatible' link for
A quick search did not reveal a comparable 'Linux compatible' link for this card. this card. hth & regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Carl Hartung composed on 2015-09-05 15:06 (UTC):
On Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:47:01 +0800 George Olson wrote:
My motherboard is an ASUS E4465_M4A78T-E_v2.
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4A78TE/
There's a PDF of the manual for that board available here:
http://manualmachine.com/asus/m4a78t-e/44105-e4465_m4a78t-e_v2/
I have never installed an NIC,
It's easy, just read the manuals, wear a grounding strap, work in a well lit space and know that you should really never have to force these things to fit. If you're starting to bear down and the component hasn't slid or snapped into place, there's something wrong. Stop, inspect carefully and confirm your understanding of what you've read.
TP-LINK PCI-E GIGABIT LAN CARD PCI-E 3468
This one is Linux compatible. See: <http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2012-11-01-tp-link-tg-3468-gigabit-ethernet-pcie>
TP-LINK GIGABIT LAN CARD PCI 3269
This one is Linux compatible. See: <http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2012-08-18-tp-link-tg-3269-netzwerkkarte-1000-mbit-pci>
This is one I bought about 18 months ago, following what we thought was a power surge of some kind while no one was home: http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2012-07-08-intel-expi9301ctblk-pro1000-n... You can't go wrong with Intel performance-wise, but they do tend to be pricier. The last I bought, used in this machine, is no longer available, but uses the same Realtek 8169 as the two above and NAICT works just fine. As long as you have an empty PCIe X1, that's the slot I would buy to fit, instead of for PCI. Before buying anything I would confirm the onboard NIC got "fried" by doing a BIOS reset, just in case the hit caused BIOS corruption rather than NIC destruction. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/05/2015 11:45 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
This is one I bought about 18 months ago, following what we thought was a power surge of some kind while no one was home: http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2012-07-08-intel-expi9301ctblk-pro1000-n... You can't go wrong with Intel performance-wise, but they do tend to be pricier. The last I bought, used in this machine, is no longer available, but uses the same Realtek 8169 as the two above and NAICT works just fine. As long as you have an empty PCIe X1, that's the slot I would buy to fit, instead of for PCI. Before buying anything I would confirm the onboard NIC got "fried" by doing a BIOS reset, just in case the hit caused BIOS corruption rather than NIC destruction. Thank you everyone for the advice. I am going to try resetting the BIOS first, and if that doesn't work I will go out and get the new card today.
-- George Box #1: 13.2 | KDE 4.14 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 16GB Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | 4GB Laptop #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | 8GB Laptop #2: 13.2 | KDE 4.14 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/05/2015 11:45 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Before buying anything I would confirm the onboard NIC got "fried" by doing a BIOS reset, just in case the hit caused BIOS corruption rather than NIC destruction.
Awesome! Resetting the BIOS seemed to work - I am back on-line via ethernet, and not just wireless anymore. Thanks for that, saved me a trip and some money! The system behaved kind of funny when I first booted back up. Using network manager, I connected to both the wireless and ethernet. Then all of a sudden, the ethernet connection shut off. I tried to go back to yast and switch over to wicked, and yast manage network devices got hung up for almost an hour trying to pull back from that. I couldn't kill the process or anything. I finally just had to reboot, and when I did, it was back in wicked, and both the wired and wireless are running together now. It seems like Network Manager doesn't handle a wired connection very well. I use it fine on my laptop with wifi, but on my desktop I couldn't get it to manage the wired connection. It would frequently just drop the wired connection - all that happened both before and after the lightning strike. When I switched to wicked, both before and after the lightning strike, it connected without a problem. Anyone else have this same problem? I don't know if I should be running both at the same time - the wireless connects on a different network than the wired connection. The wired network is inside the wireless - I had to do that because the steel in the walls of my house prevent a strong wireless signal from going through the whole house. But, my network connection seems to not only be running, but a bit faster now, as one of my downloads is coming through in about half the time as normal when just on the wired connection. -- George Box #1: 13.2 | KDE 4.14 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 16GB Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | 4GB Laptop #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | 8GB Laptop #2: 13.2 | KDE 4.14 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/05/2015 08:47 AM, George Olson (SUSE list) wrote:
Hello everyone,
Just this evening I was happily working away on my desktop, Box #1 below, when lightning struck a house nearby. Immediately my internet connection went out, and so I spent some time troubleshooting.
When I was finished troubleshooting, I found out that the embedded LAN connection on my motherboard was fried. Weird, because the router and modem didn't have any problem, but I have confirmed that it is the NIC on my motherboard. The router and modem still work fine.
One thing you should do is keep all your connected equipment on the same power bar. This reduces the chances of a harmful surge between device. If you're using different outlets, you may find you're on opposite sides of the breaker panel, which will increase the chances of a harmful surge.
My motherboard is an ASUS E4465_M4A78T-E_v2.
The location of my desktop in my house is such that the wifi signal is weak enough to make connecting by wifi not a good long term option. So I need to buy a new NIC to plug into my motherboard, so that I can reconnect by ethernet.
I have never installed an NIC, as I have always justbeen able to use the embedded card. So, can you give me advice on anything related to this? The cards that are available at the store right now are these:
TP-LINK PCI-E GIGABIT LAN CARD PCI-E 3468 TP-LINK GIGABIT LAN CARD PCI 3269 INTEX LAN CARD IT-584 D-LINK LANCARD DFE-520TX EDIMAX LANCARD EN-9130TXL
I don't know if these are all compatible with my board or my system. My board has 2 PCI slots and 2 PCIEX16 slots, so I think that probably the 2nd card listed will work, but I don't know if PCI-E is the same thing as PCIEX.
And then, how could I find out if the card I want to pick is compatible with openSUSE? I know most stuff is compatible these days, but I don't want to make the long trip to the store only to find out that I can't use the card when I get back.
I have used D-Link cards without problem. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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