Wired connection not working after clean install

[morky]

Hey guys,
I just did a clean install of 18.1 on my desktop (so no wireless unfortunately) and the wired connection isn't working. If I boot windows it works just fine but when booting mint its just tries to connect and fails indefinitely.
Booting from a live image had the same issue. Any ideas on how to proceed?
Thanks a lot!

[Flemur]

I would start with "How to get help", the link directly above your message
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444
and especially read #5.

[morky]

I apologize for not including my system's information! Here you go!

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System:    Host: KostisTheMint Kernel: 4.4.0-53-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.5 (Qt 5.6.1) Distro: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena
Machine:   System: ASUS product: All Series
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: MAXIMUS VI FORMULA v: Rev 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends v: 1402 date: 01/29/2014
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-4770K (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 28002
           clock speeds: max: 3900 MHz 1: 3474 MHz 2: 3457 MHz 3: 3500 MHz 4: 3453 MHz 5: 3496 MHz 6: 3438 MHz
           7: 3496 MHz 8: 3500 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970/8970 OEM / R9 280X] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon,intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz, 1920x1080@60.00hz, 1280x1024@60.02hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD TAHITI (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.8.0)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
           Card-3 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Tahiti XT HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7970 Series]
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
           Card-4 Microsoft LifeCam Cinema driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 003-007
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-53-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel Ethernet Connection I217-V driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter driver: bcma-pci-bridge bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2696.3GB (0.8% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD5000AAKX size: 500.1GB                                                                                                                                           
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD20EZRX size: 2000.4GB ID-3: /dev/sdc model: MKNSSDCR180GB size: 180.0GB                                                                                                                               
           ID-4: USB /dev/sde model: DataTraveler_3.0 size: 15.7GB                                                                                                                                                                           
Partition: ID-1: / size: 442G used: 5.7G (2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1                                                                                                                                                                        
           ID-2: /boot size: 473M used: 62M (14%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda2                                                                                                                                                                    
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 17.04GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-3                                                                                                                                                              
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present                                                                                                                                                                       
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 37.0                                                                                                                                                                             
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Info:      Processes: 288 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 579.5/15914.5MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0                                                                                                                                     
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.461) inxi: 2.2.35                                                                 

[markedward88]

read your post
had similar problems the below is how i solved my lack of ethernet connection
1- before you update the linux kernel to the latest do the following.
make sure version is completely updated
change the proprietary driver to open source
reboot
change intel to do not use
reboot
open update manager
under view click on linux kernels
you should see linux kernel 4.4, 4.8, and 4.10
pick the latest kernel 4.10.26
install kernel
reboot
open driver manager install propietary driver and reboot
open driver manager and install intel microcode
reboot
look up easy linux tips
find the update intel microcode click on it it is on the right side column down a few sections
look for intel microcode update section click on the one for debian update which is on left side
go down the list to the latest microcode which is i believe is 51117 or something similar , the one that should be used is the plain amd64 not the one that has bpo etc
download it
install
reboot everything should work if it doesn't then we have to go back and see if something was done improperly