Networking Problems r8168/r8169 headers missing without internet connection

evase

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Jan 14, 2024
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Hello guys,

4 days ago i moved my proxmox server from my office (plugged into switch) into the basement (plugged direclty into the fritzbox) and since then I had networking issues, the server not beeing reachable after some hours.
I read into the matter and found out it seemed like an issue with the r8168/r8169 driver which also seemed to be "easy" to fix... so i followed a quick tutorial and after installing r8168 and blacklisting r8169 i noticed i forgot to install "proxmox-default-headers" and then after the reboot I was left basically without any network connection because the NIC seems not to be there for the OS.

Now i´m stuck without any working driver, seemes like without header, which i still not quite know what that is and I feel really stuck. I tried downloading different versions of headers, r8168 driver and installing them per dpkg -i from an usb stick (moved them onto the server ofc) but still nothing working and now I dont really know how to do anything.

Please help me, since I have a truenas on this server with data I really would like to keep. (nothing life threatening but still)
Please provide me with info, how I can give you guys more info on my system so you can help me.

the kernel version using "uname -a" is: 6.2.16-3-pve


sorry for spelling errors, english is not my first language.
 

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