USB-Ethernet Netctl issues

rjn2309 · 2014-01-19 21:46:46

First post on the forum so I'd like to start by saying hello!

I need an additional Ethernet port for my computer so I'm trying to get an Intellinet USB to Ethernet adapter to work, I plugged it in and it has detected it ok from the creation of the eth1 interface. I then tried to create a netctl profile for it applying a static IP address setup, but when I try and bring the interface up with the netctl start eth1 command it doesn't like it. This is the output of a few commands that can assist:

ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: ifb0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 32
    link/ether 96:ac:43:d7:4f:b2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: ifb1: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 32
    link/ether a2:c0:36:04:18:74 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether b8:27:eb:a9:03:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:87:25:1b:05:16 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

/etc/netctl/eth1

Description='A basic static ethernet connection'
Interface=eth1
Connection=ethernet
IP=static
Address=('192.168.1.23/24')
#Routes=('192.168.0.0/24 via 192.168.1.2')
Gateway='192.168.1.1'
#DNS=('192.168.1.1')

## For IPv6 autoconfiguration
#IP6=stateless

## For IPv6 static address configuration
#IP6=static
#Address6=('1234:5678:9abc:def::1/64' '1234:3456::123/96')
#Routes6=('abcd::1234')
#Gateway6='1234:0:123::abcd'

Executing the netctl start eth1 command:

Job for netctl@eth1.service failed. See 'systemctl status netctl@eth1.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

Systemctl status netctl@eth1.service command

netctl@eth1.service - A basic static ethernet connection
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/netctl@eth1.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2014-01-19 14:42:34 MST; 1min 43s ago
     Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
  Process: 422 ExecStart=/usr/lib/network/network start %I (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 422 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jan 19 14:42:28 alarmpi network[422]: Starting network profile 'eth1'...
Jan 19 14:42:34 alarmpi network[422]: No connection on interface 'eth1'
Jan 19 14:42:34 alarmpi network[422]: Failed to bring the network up for profile 'eth1'
Jan 19 14:42:34 alarmpi systemd[1]: netctl@eth1.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 19 14:42:34 alarmpi systemd[1]: Failed to start A basic static ethernet connection.
Jan 19 14:42:34 alarmpi systemd[1]: Unit netctl@eth1.service entered failed state.

The Ethernet cable is connected to the adapter and my router so there is no reason it should say 'No Connection'

Any ideas?

Thanks, Ryan.

Added code tags --- Inxsible

Last edited by Inxsible (2014-01-20 00:48:51)

Inxsible · 2014-01-20 00:46:57

Ryan, welcome to the forums.

please use code tags to post snippets. It makes it clearer and more readable thereby increasing the chances of you being helped. I have added the code tags for you this time.

Also, have you searched the forums? See this thread especially post 17 which lists 3 other similar threads.

rjn2309 · 2014-01-21 15:58:41

Solved Thanks.

Inxsible · 2014-01-21 22:45:44

Please mark your thread by prepending [SOLVED] to the thread title. You can do this by editing your first post. This helps other users in quickly finding solutions to problems they might have which are similar to yours.

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#1 2014-01-19 21:46:46

USB-Ethernet Netctl issues

#2 2014-01-20 00:46:57

Re: USB-Ethernet Netctl issues

#3 2014-01-21 15:58:41

Re: USB-Ethernet Netctl issues

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Re: USB-Ethernet Netctl issues

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