C5000 Ethernet

[giZmo350]

Did your on-board ethernet work correctly before the enhancer update?

Did they ever get the ethernet driver completed for the on-board network ports? I'm not sure. If not, you may have to get an RTL-8139 compatible network card. Not all cards work with the provided RTL8169 driver though. This PCI-E card has been highly recommended however.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gigabit-Ethernet-LAN-PCI-E-Express-Network-Card-Desktop-Controller-10-100-1000M/321243272106?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

Also, did you happen to flash the firmware with an update? If so, you might have to restore the MAC addresses.

To reset your ethernet MAC addresses correctly after a firmware update, perform the following steps:

1. While the animated ball title screen is being displayed, press the ESC key to display the Early StartUp Control menu

2. Select the Command Line option or press the m shortcut key

3. At the X5000> prompt enter the following (pressing enter after each line):

setenv ethaddr
setenv eth1addr
setenv eth2addr
saveenv

4. Once this is saved, reset the system. This will now force the motherboard to retrieve the correct MAC addresses and record them.

Hope this helps.   

[giZmo350]

@Skateman

Ahhh, thx. I wasn't sure if the driver had been finished. Good info to know.