I have a Lenovo 920Q with an Intel EXPI9404PTLBLK Pro/1000 Pt Quad Port. I have just bought a HiFiber 2.5G NIC with Realtek RTL8125 Chip to replace the Intel.
Once I remove the Intel NIC and install the new one, is there anything I need to do besides configure the IP address.
I have only been using OpenWRT for about a month or so. So I am pretty inexperience with it as well as Linux.
I did a Google search and it wasn't much help, not for replacing a NIC anyway.
Thank You
Not sure the 8169 driver shipping with the image also covers the 8125, you might need additional package(s).
It does (but you probably want openwrt-24.10~).
Probably do not connect wan cables until you know which port is what.
I was able to install the new NIC, although to get OpenWRT to recognize the NIC I had recopy the OS and reconfigure..
However, I am still experiencing the same behavior I describe in my other post, which was the reason for the replacement / upgrade.
Using the built in NIC, or only the new one ?
Now that you mention it. The internal one is the one causing the problem. It is etho and is an Intel.
Not that it matters now, but you should have bought at least a dual port nic.
You could also try to swap the WAN and LAN nics.
Given the USFF computer more than 2-port ethernet cards are ambitious (in terms of power delivery and heat dissipation).
Both the Intel and Hifiber NICs I have been using are both quad ports. So I should have six total interfaces including the wireless. However, with both expansion cards OpenWRT only sees three of them. The internal (on mobo) and two on the quad port.
It does not recognize the WLAN or two of the four on either quad port NICs
Could be a PCIe slot thing ...
What does lspci say ?
Not installed.
I'll have to installed later this evening.
I probably went the hard way of doing this. I installed the new NIC and reimaged the drive. The new NIC works.
Both the Intel and the HIFiber NIC although quad port only two of the four worked. Turns out the internal or the NIC on the motherboard was causing some kind of issue. I disabled it in BIOS -- reimaged again and all seems good -- so far anyway! I am just minus one NIC the I thought I would have.
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