i have tried everything i could possibly think of, but Linux will not connect to the internet until i restart it. it doesn’t matter what distro i use, it won’t connect. on windows, it connects immediately, but only with fast start enabled. i have reset the router, the BIOS is up to date, and I’ve tried pretty much every solution i could find online. at this point i think it’s a hardware issue, but I’d like to know if there’s anything i can try before giving up on Linux until i get a new PC. any help is greatly appreciated!
Try finding out if it received an IP address, if the driver is loaded or if there are any error messages in
dmesg. You might also want to give more information. Which ethernet card?Which version of Linux are you running?And there seem to be some similar reports on Reddit and in some Linux forums. I couldn’t find a solution, though. Maybe you just want to buy a cheap new network card.