7i96S cant connect

Trying to set up a new linuxcnc install with mesa 7i92s card.

Right off the start i have a road block.

- Linuxcnc seems too have installed fine
- Mesa card powers up and some flashy lights happen, then all the 4 green lights go out.
- Linux says "network unreachable".
- it keeps retyring this over and over.

Is there something obvious I have missed here? A driver or some such to set up?

I don't think there's any problem with the network card or cable

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp0s25: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:21:86:f1:19:98 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.2.23/24 brd 192.168.2.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp0s25
valid_lft 259190sec preferred_lft 259190sec
inet6 fe80::221:86ff:fef1:1998/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

So, obviously the network works cause im using it to post this.

But when i disconnect, then attach the mesa, i get nothing. The IP-a result is the same in either case.

I saw some other posts on this, but they didnt really get resolved in a straight forward way.

2.8.4. I think that is debain? (i just picked whatever was the latest at the time time)

i found your tutorial. entered the ipv4 info. poof, recognised.

Thanks