network interface down after boot
08 May 2022 21:09 - 08 May 2022 21:10 #242325
by jangybe
network interface down after boot was created by jangybe
Hi. I am on my way to setup ethercat with linuxcnc. I managed to get to the point where ethercat is working and now I am trying to connect it to linuxcnc... However, I suspect something is wrong and I would kindly ask for opinion: My computer has two ethernet interfaces. I use one for connecting to the internet and the other for ethercat. Every time I boot the computer, the internet connection works fine but I have to always manually bring up the interface that is used for ethercat. After I do this, everything looks ok. I tried all sorts of things to automatically bring up the ethercat interface during boot but nothing works. I also noticed that during the boot, the process of bringing up the interfaces take a bit longer than what I am used to (20 seconds). Does anybody know what could be wrong.
Thank you,
Jan
Thank you,
Jan
Last edit: 08 May 2022 21:10 by jangybe. Reason: forgot my name at the end
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09 May 2022 02:52 #242344
by rodw
Replied by rodw on topic network interface down after boot
I think this post will solve your issue
forum.linuxcnc.org/ethercat/45336-etherc...-step-by-step#241740
forum.linuxcnc.org/ethercat/45336-etherc...-step-by-step#241740
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09 May 2022 16:59 #242395
by jangybe
Replied by jangybe on topic network interface down after boot
I carefully followed your instructions when I first installed Ethercat. And I didn't have this issue for a while. Then, something changed and I don't know what. I once again made the udev rule but it didn't help. I am tempted to reinstall the whole thing but this is not the way to do it, I guess.
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09 May 2022 18:24 #242400
by rodw
Replied by rodw on topic network interface down after boot
I'm sorry its not working for you.
I'm not quite sure on the detail, but the other way I fixed this before I worked out how to use the repo was to start the service on startup.
The methods I found on google to do this involving a service file did not work for me so I probably upset the purists.
I gave my user rights to run sudo without using a password and started the service in my .profile file.
I'm not quite sure on the detail, but the other way I fixed this before I worked out how to use the repo was to start the service on startup.
The methods I found on google to do this involving a service file did not work for me so I probably upset the purists.
I gave my user rights to run sudo without using a password and started the service in my .profile file.
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09 May 2022 20:51 #242410
by db1981
Replied by db1981 on topic network interface down after boot
in the ethercat config file (etc/default/ethercat) exists an if up section, you can try to add your interface there to, to force an getting up from the interface.
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10 May 2022 18:41 #242514
by jangybe
Replied by jangybe on topic network interface down after boot
Thank you very much for your kind help. I now better understand what is happening. There is nothing wrong with Ethercat module but I obviously don't know how to setup the network interfaces properly. If I use Network Manager then everything works fine but when I uninstalled it, it stopped working - the network interface used for ethercat remained down during the boot. For the internet to work, I added the following two lines to /etc/network/interfaces
but to bring the other interface up (eth1) during the boot I would obviously have to do something else. I tried all sort of things but nothing worked. I would love to get rid of the Network Manager so if anyone has an idea what to do, I will remove the Network Manager again and try it out.
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
but to bring the other interface up (eth1) during the boot I would obviously have to do something else. I tried all sort of things but nothing worked. I would love to get rid of the Network Manager so if anyone has an idea what to do, I will remove the Network Manager again and try it out.
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