Networking Issues with Debian Wheezy

Server Config
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So my computer crashed over the weekend taking the power supply and CPU with it. So I’ve replaced the mother board, CPU, RAM, Power supply, and got a SSD.

However, the darn thing won’t get an internet connection (router is 192.168.1.1). I’ve verified the onboard LAN is Enabled, but Debian, Mepis, and Kubuntu all can’t connect!!

So, assuming the onboard network is good, what other distro should I try? Or do I declare the onboard network to be bad at this stage?

My current requirements are KDE4 (if the distro doesn’t support it, I don’t want it; I’m one of the few that likes KDE4).

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Is the router set to only allow certain MAC addresses to access it?
Is the computer set to use a static or dynamic IP

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Is the computer getting all the IP address information (IP, subnet, gateway, and DNS)?

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No, All MAC addresses are open. The computer is set to neither… Brand new hard drive, trying a base install of Debian. It can’t connect via the onboard lan. I did take a wireless card from my other tower and it connects just fine (so long as I use WEP. BLEH!) Unfortunately, Debian still refused to acknowledge the internet connection to do a net install. MEPIS Live CD works with it though (both KDE4 and KDE3.5) So I may be trying to install via MEPIS…

Looks like it from ifconfig (for the onboard lan), but every packet ends up in the “errors” column. The wireless card works fine.

More info:
The onboard lan is a realtek 8111/8168

Just found this site (will have to try that once I can get a distro installed!):

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Another question:
This is my first SSD, and from what I’ve read, it is a good idea to put your /home, /var, and /tmp (if you don’t use tmpfs) on a mechanical drive (same with swap – unless you disable swap).

Has anyone else setup an SSD with Linux yet? Any words of advice, as Debian drilled me about trying to separate those partitions across two different drives. It just refused to successfully partition them (so I started to attempt to put them all on the SSD, and I’d manually move them later…).

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Okay, so I ended up downloading the debian wheezy dvds via bittorrent and installing the operating system that way. But for the life of me, I still can’t get the network controller to work! I’ve manually compiled the drivers, proved the kernel was using them via lspci -vv, but I still can’t ping anything!

Would any settings in selinux or iptables cause this issue? I mean, it looks like eth0 is configured via ifconfig (I’ve also tried static and dhcp settings). I’ve triple checked that my router does not have a whitelist for lan setup. I’ve also enabled IPv6 on the router, just in case, the eth0 is trying to use IPv6 (though it has an IPv4 static address).

I’m at a loss on this!

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What networking hardware is currently installed (both wired and wireless - on-board and expansion cards)?

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Output from lspci -vv

Wireless card on a PCI slot (I really want to get the on-board one working)

04:06.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2500 Wireless 802.11bg (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Linksys WMP54G v4.0 PCI Adapter
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20
	Region 0: Memory at f7200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
		Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Kernel driver in use: rt2500pci

And (the on-board)

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5/GA-EG45M-DS2H Motherboard
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 74
	Region 0: I/O ports at b000 [size=256]
	Region 2: Memory at d0004000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Region 4: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
		Address: 00000000feeff00c  Data: 4191
	Capabilities: [70] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 01
		DevCap:	MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
			ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
		DevCtl:	Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
			RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
			MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 4096 bytes
		DevSta:	CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend-
		LnkCap:	Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 unlimited, L1 <64us
			ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
		LnkCtl:	ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
			ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
		LnkSta:	Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
		DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABCD, TimeoutDis+
		DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-
		LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB
			 Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
			 Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB
		LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1-
			 EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest-
	Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
		Vector table: BAR=4 offset=00000000
		PBA: BAR=4 offset=00000800
	Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
		Unknown small resource type 00, will not decode more.
	Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting
		UESta:	DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO+ CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
		UEMsk:	DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
		UESvrt:	DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
		CESta:	RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
		CEMsk:	RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+
		AERCap:	First Error Pointer: 0e, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
	Capabilities: [140 v1] Virtual Channel
		Caps:	LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
		Arb:	Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
		Ctrl:	ArbSelect=Fixed
		Status:	InProgress-
		VC0:	Caps:	PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
			Arb:	Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
			Ctrl:	Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=01
			Status:	NegoPending- InProgress-
	Capabilities: [160 v1] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00
	Kernel driver in use: r8168
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Here is the output of ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 94:de:80:b9:ae:45  
          inet addr:192.168.1.200  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::96de:80ff:feb9:ae45/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:198 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1060 (1.0 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:74 Base address:0x6000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1904 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1904 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:152648 (149.0 KiB)  TX bytes:152648 (149.0 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0f:66:ed:7f:a7  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Here is the interfaces file

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
#allow-hotplug eth0
auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.200
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.1.1

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wireless-essid my_ssid
        wireless-key1 my_key1
        wireless-key2 my_key2
        wireless-key3 my_key3
        wireless-defaultkey 1
        wireless-keymode open

Relevant info from dmesg

[    1.633330] r8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver 8.036.00-NAPI loaded
[    1.633365] r8168 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.633427] r8168 0000:05:00.0: irq 74 for MSI/MSI-X
[    1.644315] r8168: This product is covered by one or more of the following patents: US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625.
[    1.644320] r8168  Copyright (C) 2013  Realtek NIC software team <nicfae@realtek.com> 
[    1.644321]  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details, please see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 
[    1.644322]  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 
[    3.501464] rt2500pci 0000:04:06.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    3.519237] Registered led device: rt2500pci-phy0::radio
[    3.519251] Registered led device: rt2500pci-phy0::quality
[   11.232068] r8168: eth0: link up
[   11.243686] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[   21.816048] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[  499.422393] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[  502.424044] r8168: eth0: link up
[  502.435651] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[  513.344045] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[  520.763337] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[  523.764046] r8168: eth0: link up
[  523.775566] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[  533.840083] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 1320.584474] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 1323.584008] r8168: eth0: link up
[ 1323.595581] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 1334.480030] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 3299.916492] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3302.916064] r8168: eth0: link up
[ 3302.927635] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 3303.926470] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3313.296067] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 3657.606055] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3660.608060] r8168: eth0: link up
[ 3660.619715] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 3667.470345] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3671.392070] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 3800.929554] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3803.074359] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 3803.928063] r8168: eth0: link up
[ 3803.939596] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 3814.064084] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
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Okay, I swear I tried this before, but I just put the following in my sysctl.conf

net.ipv6.conf.all.autoconf=1
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra=0
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0

Rebooted and it works. I have a connection via eth0

I also changed a bios setting of IOMMU to enabled, not sure what that did (but read about it somewhere else); manual says it enables/disables AMD IOMMU support…