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ekor9

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How to replace Ethernet Card
« on: June 28, 2012, 04:37:07 »
Dear all

I'm using zentyal server
my problem is : the eth card only 10/100 MB and i would like to replace with 1 GB eth
can any one help me  ;D
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Re: How to replace Ethernet Card
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2012, 07:04:40 »
Is there anything preventing you to buy 10/100/1000 eth card and replace the existing one? I even don't understand what your problem is  :-[
Is your infrastructure (e.g. switches) ready to support 1Gb card?
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Re: How to replace Ethernet Card
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2012, 08:07:52 »
I _think_ the topicstarter means how to get a replaced network card to work in Zentyal...
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Re: How to replace Ethernet Card
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2012, 09:27:17 »
I hope you're right but when I look at similar topic from same forum member asking for help to increase memory, I doubt...
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Re: How to replace Ethernet Card
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2012, 03:22:29 »
Hello ekor9,

!! Make sure to power off AND remove the power cord from your server BEFORE doing anything in it !!

You only have to either:
a) remove the existing NIC and pop-in the new one
or
b) put the new NIC in an empty PCI slot

Then simply plug the power cord back and reboot the server.  The NIC should be showing up right away.

Best,

Marcus
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Re: How to replace Ethernet Card
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2012, 01:27:43 »
It's not so simple in 12.04, especially if You have clean server installation (without GUI). The new NIC is showing up as new only if You have had identical installed in Your system. In this case new NIC creates new line in udev.rules. But change content in udev.rules does change nothing (when You want to change interface name). Older ubuntu versions supported that.
If You replace NIC to model, that was not used in system before - system is not detecting it, even not creating new record in udev
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Re: How to replace Ethernet Card
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2012, 07:04:42 »
That seems rather unlikely, it would be the case if the new card is not supported with that Linux kernel.
Cards that are supported at kernel level should work just fine.
I will be testing this behavior when the new Zentyal 3.0 is released (probably in September).

Cheers. 
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Re: How to replace Ethernet Card
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2012, 03:21:30 »
Quote from: Escorpiom on August 12, 2012, 07:04:42
That seems rather unlikely, it would be the case if the new card is not supported with that Linux kernel.
Cards that are supported at kernel level should work just fine.
I will be testing this behavior when the new Zentyal 3.0 is released (probably in September).

Cheers.
Yes, they should.
But strange thing - when NIC card is added after system installation, it can not be recognized; when NIC is inserted during system installation, everything is OK and NIC is recognized
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