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stenliq

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Registered: 2010-04-19

Posts: 2

Cannot establish network connection

Hi,
I have Asus M4A89GTD/PRO USB3 motherboard and I'd like to install Arch. But I cannot establish network connection. When I try dhcpcd or dhclient, request everytime times out.

Eth0:
05:00.0 Ethernet Controller: Realtek Semiconductor CO., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)

dhcpcd:

dhcpcd: eth0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd: timed out

I've tried r8169 and 8169too modules and none of them worked.

Thank you

grey

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 679

Re: Cannot establish network connection

check dmesg for eth{0,1} entries. That should tell you if there were problems loading the kernel module for your network card.

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agd

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From: Alcalá de Guadaira. Sevilla.

Registered: 2010-03-27

Posts: 5

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Re: Cannot establish network connection

Try to config network in /etc/rc.conf

HOSTNAME="arch"
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" <--- for static IP
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

Wiki say: Tha gateway can usually ignore, though some users have reported the need to define it. Try config it

PS: Sure eth0 are your network card?

stenliq

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Registered: 2010-04-19

Posts: 2

Re: Cannot establish network connection

I've tried both, but no luck. However using latest archboot image instead of 2009.8 iso file worked.

Anyway - thank you both.

sjg

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-10

Posts: 63

Re: Cannot establish network connection

I had the same problem with the same motherboard installing from the 2009.08 iso.

I updated the kernel to the latest version from the repos, and the NIC works fine now.