New install (network issues)

Installation
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Hi all, first venture into ha. Installing on a nuc, using Ubuntu on usb to flash disk image.

So I’ll preface this as the ethernet card is showing as an addition in the bios - but both WiFi and the ethernet cable work - at least on the windows install it came with.

So I’ve installed HAOS as I should but when I boot it, it won’t find internet - and the IP address is blank. When I put a help command in it says there is no internet.

For reference, I have a virgin media hub 5.

Do I need to change some settings on either ha, the Nuc or my virgin hub?

Thx

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enter network info and see what it says.
HA should already be setup for DHCP. Do you have a router (or other) that has a DHCP server to dole out IP addresses?

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New guy here. I’m having the same issue. I’m running a Geekon NUC. Here is my network info.

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Looks like the LAN cable is not plugged in or the cable is faulty.

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It sees your wireless interface wlo1, but it doesn’t see any Ethernet at all. If your NUC has Ethernet, I really don’t know what to tell you.

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Thanks for the input.

I have a second Windows box and dropped that in on the same cable, port and router and it the ethernet port activated as expected.

I then took the Win NVME out of the “good” machine, put it in the “bad” HAOS machine and it worked. The only difference is the OS.

In short, the problem follows the NMVE with HAOS, and all is good when I use the Windows NVME on either box.

I’m hesitant to flash HAOS on the other NVME. It doesn’t seem like an OS flash issue, because everything else works in the HA CLI and I want to keep a known good option.

I may pick up a third NVME module and get a second HAOS to test with.

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OK back to basics then.

How did you install HAOS?

What hardware are you using?

Anything else that may be relevant?

But if it was me I would try a reinstall on the original drive.

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thanks @Arh

I did find an install video that had a network update CLI command they used to configure the ethernet interface. I’m going to try that first, and if that fails I’m putting everything back to default.

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Beware YouTube stuff can get out of date very quickly. Just follow the docs and you should be fine, unless there is problem with your hardware.

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Found the culprit, I think.

An unsupported network driver issue. It looks like it was added in Dec. I’ll check docs.

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Google Gemini provided me with the steps to connect to the wifi (but sadly not to the eth0 - wlan port). In any case here they are:

From the CLI “ha>” prompt:

1- type “login”
2- at the “#” prompt, type:
nmcli device wifi list
3- confirm your network is visible
4- connect to your network by typing:
nmcli device wifi connect “your ssid” --ack
5- provide your password

You will be connected and the network and password will be restored after a reboot.

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Hi Guys,

I have a related question, wondered if anyone could offer advice. My HA is installed on a Mini PC and connected to a 8 port switch via LAN cable to my StarLink Service Provider. All good for the past 18 months.

This morning I have lost remote connection to the HA PC and also note that the Switch is now off line when I check the StarLink App. So I’m assuming that the switch has failed as my network device count is also down by 4 items that were also connected via the switch.

My question, is it possible to have a LAN cable connection as primary and also the Wi-Fi as a fallback option for the Mini PC running HA?

P.S. I’m not currently at the property to be able to physically check anything.

Thanx.