Integrated ethernet not working (x86 OpenWrt)

Hi,
I am trying to set up my old computer as a powerful home router, but I am facing an issue when trying to use the integrated PCIe Intel PRO/1000 network card. My plan was to use it alongside an PCI network card I had lying around (r8169) to have two separate interfaces on the router, but the system only shows one physical interface and that is the PCI card. I found on the forum that the system needs a kmod-e1000e package to work, but it already has it listed under installed packages. It looks like that the system sees the device, because it shows it in the log, but I can't find any place to "activate it" or so. Am I missing something? Any help appreciated.

Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 user.info kernel: [    9.255935] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 user.info kernel: [    9.264187] urngd: v1.0.2 started.
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.270864] e1000: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.273335] e1000: Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.276644] igb: Intel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver - version 5.4.0-k
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.notice kernel: [    9.277724] random: crng init done
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.279114] igb: Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Intel Corporation.
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.285160] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.288461] i2c /dev entries driver
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.293591] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 3.2.6-k
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.295910] e1000e: Copyright(c) 1999 - 2015 Intel Corporation.
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.298644] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.302524] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max)
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.310495] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.312865] r8169 0000:01:09.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): not PCI Express
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.315506] r8169 0000:01:09.0 eth0: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xffffc90000035c00, 64:70:02:10:1a:70, XID 10000000 IRQ 21
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.317931] r8169 0000:01:09.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 7152 bytes, tx checksumming: ok]
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.324069] xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.327936] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 kern.info kernel: [    9.330927] NET: Registered protocol family 24
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 user.info kernel: [    9.333767] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 user.notice dnsmasq: DNS rebinding protection is active, will discard upstream RFC1918 responses!
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 user.notice dnsmasq: Allowing 127.0.0.0/8 responses
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.err procd: unable to find /sbin/ujail: No such file or directory (-1)
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: started, version 2.80 cachesize 150
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: DNS service limited to local subnets
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP no-DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack no-ipset no-auth no-DNSSEC no-ID loop-detect inotify dumpfile
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain test
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain onion
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain localhost
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain local
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain invalid
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain bind
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain lan
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.warn dnsmasq[1476]: no servers found in /tmp/resolv.conf.auto, will retry
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: read /etc/hosts - 4 addresses
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: read /tmp/hosts/dhcp.cfg01411c - 0 addresses
Thu Mar  5 14:11:14 2020 authpriv.info dropbear[1509]: Not backgrounding
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice : Added device handler type: 8021ad
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice : Added device handler type: 8021q
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice : Added device handler type: macvlan
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice : Added device handler type: veth
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice : Added device handler type: bridge
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice : Added device handler type: Network device
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice : Added device handler type: tunnel
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.warn netifd: You have delegated IPv6-prefixes but haven't assigned them to any interface. Did you forget to set option ip6assign on your lan-interfaces?
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/network reload dependency on /etc/config/dhcp
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/network reload dependency on /etc/config/radvd
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 kern.info kernel: [   11.400096] r8169 0000:01:09.0 eth0: link down
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 kern.info kernel: [   11.402581] r8169 0000:01:09.0 eth0: link down
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 kern.info kernel: [   11.405277] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 kern.info kernel: [   11.407507] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 kern.info kernel: [   11.409851] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/wireless reload dependency on /etc/config/network
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'lan' is enabled
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'lan' is setting up now
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'lan' is now up
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain test
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain onion
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain localhost
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain local
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain invalid
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain bind
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using local addresses only for domain lan
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1476]: using nameserver 192.168.64.1#53
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'loopback' is enabled
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'loopback' is setting up now
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'loopback' is now up
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'lo' link is up
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'loopback' has link connectivity
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 kern.info kernel: [   11.412546] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): br-lan: link is not ready
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/firewall reload dependency on /etc/config/luci-splash
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/firewall reload dependency on /etc/config/qos
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/firewall reload dependency on /etc/config/miniupnpd
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/dhcp reload dependency on /etc/config/odhcpd
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of lan (br-lan)
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up non-init /etc/config/fstab reload handler: /sbin/block mount
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/system reload trigger for non-procd /etc/init.d/led
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/system reload dependency on /etc/config/luci_statistics
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/system reload dependency on /etc/config/dhcp
Thu Mar  5 14:11:15 2020 daemon.info procd: - init complete -
Thu Mar  5 14:11:18 2020 kern.info kernel: [   14.362779] r8169 0000:01:09.0 eth0: link up
Thu Mar  5 14:11:18 2020 kern.info kernel: [   14.366215] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
Thu Mar  5 14:11:18 2020 kern.info kernel: [   14.369273] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
Thu Mar  5 14:11:18 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'eth0' link is up
Thu Mar  5 14:11:18 2020 daemon.notice netifd: bridge 'br-lan' link is up
Thu Mar  5 14:11:18 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'lan' has link connectivity
Thu Mar  5 14:11:18 2020 kern.info kernel: [   14.372457] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): br-lan: link becomes ready

What does lspci; lsmod give?
If it is not available, install it opkg update; opkg install pciutils

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Thanks for reply, these commands return this:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet (rev b0)
bnx2                   69632  0
button_hotplug         12288  0
crc_ccitt              12288  1 ppp_async
e1000                  90112  0
e1000e                147456  0
i2c_dev                12288  0
igb                   131072  0
ip_tables              16384  4 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
ip6_tables             16384 24 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
ip6t_REJECT            12288  2
ip6table_filter        12288  1
ip6table_mangle        12288  0
ipt_MASQUERADE         12288  1
ipt_REJECT             12288  2
iptable_filter         12288  1
iptable_mangle         12288  0
iptable_nat            12288  1
mii                    12288  1 r8169
nf_conntrack           65536 13 nf_conntrack_ipv6,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_state,xt_nat,xt_conntrack,xt_REDIRECT,xt_CT,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_nat_ipv4,nf_nat,nf_flow_table,nf_conntrack_rtcache
nf_conntrack_ipv4      12288 10
nf_conntrack_ipv6      12288  4
nf_conntrack_rtcache   12288  0
nf_defrag_ipv4         12288  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv6         12288  1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
nf_flow_table          20480  2 xt_FLOWOFFLOAD,nf_flow_table_hw
nf_flow_table_hw       12288  1
nf_log_common          12288  2 nf_log_ipv4,nf_log_ipv6
nf_log_ipv4            12288  0
nf_log_ipv6            12288  0
nf_nat                 20480  4 xt_nat,nf_nat_redirect,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4,nf_nat_ipv4
nf_nat_ipv4            12288  1 iptable_nat
nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4   12288  1 ipt_MASQUERADE
nf_nat_redirect        12288  1 xt_REDIRECT
nf_reject_ipv4         12288  1 ipt_REJECT
nf_reject_ipv6         12288  1 ip6t_REJECT
ppp_async              16384  0
ppp_generic            28672  3 pppoe,ppp_async,pppox
pppoe                  16384  0
pppox                  12288  1 pppoe
pps_core               12288  1 ptp
ptp                    16384  2 e1000e,igb
r8169                  65536  0
slhc                   12288  1 ppp_generic
x_tables               20480 24 ipt_REJECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_time,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,xt_nat,xt_multiport,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_conntrack,xt_comment,xt_TCPMSS,xt_REDIRECT,xt_LOG,xt_FLOWOFFLOAD,xt_CT,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,ip_tables,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,ip6t_REJECT
xt_CT                  12288  0
xt_FLOWOFFLOAD         12288  0
xt_LOG                 12288  0
xt_REDIRECT            12288  0
xt_TCPMSS              12288  0
xt_comment              8192107
xt_conntrack           12288 12
xt_limit               12288 20
xt_mac                  8192  0
xt_mark                 8192  0
xt_multiport            8192  0
xt_nat                 12288  0
xt_state               12288  0
xt_tcpudp               8192  8
xt_time                12288  0

It doesn't look like Intel :confused:
Try to install kmod-atl1

You are right! I am sorry, it actually wasn't Intel after all. I installed the package and it works! Thanks a lot!

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