When I installed Linux Mint, I noticed that it didn't see my ethernet cable. In Network settings it was said "Cable unplugged". I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop as well, so I am 100% sure that it is not a hardware issue.
Trying to fix it, I went to realtek official website and downloaded recommended driver for my ethernet card (r8101). After installation of the driver, Linux recognized the cable. Kind of. It now goes crazy with statuses connected/cable unplugged. Connection drops and reconnects every few seconds. And when it stays connected for some time, I cannot access web or ping google (100% packets loss).
What I tried so far:
1) blacklisting r8169 driver
2) using sudo dhclient
3) trying to set manual network configuration.
I will be really helpful if someone points me where I can find a solution.
Thank you!
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ifconfig eth0
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
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inxi -Fxz
System: Host: spender-Inspiron-N5110 Kernel: 4.13.0-39-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: Inspiron N5110
Mobo: Dell model: 0FXK2Y v: A09 Bios: Dell v: A09 date: 09/30/2011
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-2760QM (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 19155
clock speeds: max: 3500 MHz 1: 820 MHz 2: 855 MHz 3: 801 MHz
4: 943 MHz 5: 854 MHz 6: 815 MHz 7: 813 MHz 8: 819 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA GF108M [GeForce GT 525M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@59.99hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2 Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-39-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
driver: r8101 v: 1.032.04-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak]
driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 09:00.0
IF: wlp9s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (3.4% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10JPVX size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 87G used: 31G (37%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.04GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 240 Uptime: 30 min Memory: 1070.4/7882.5MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
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ifconfig
enp5s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 24:b6:fd:47:1e:c7
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:141 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:40 Base address:0x9000
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:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:1997 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1997 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:185956 (185.9 KB) TX bytes:185956 (185.9 KB)
wlp9s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4c:eb:42:77:80:9e
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::eb0c:574e:2a83:269f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7070 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7422 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4647615 (4.6 MB) TX bytes:950759 (950.7 KB)