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I'm trying to set up Ubuntu for the first time and I'm getting a weird problem with the network.

My network card is onboard the CROSSHAIR-VI. It's an Intel i211 I believe. I've downloaded the latest drivers from here on the Intel downloads site, and copied them via usb stick to the new Ubuntu machine. I followed the instructions in the README and was able to make install, and find the resulting file: /lib/modules/.../updates/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.ko

I then tried

sudo rmmod igb

and

sudo modprobe igb

After that I was hoping it would just connect to the DHCP on its own. It does seem to do so, but as before it then drops the connections after about 0.5 seconds.

I installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS from a USB stick.

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  • Glad you found the source of your problem :)
    – Zanna
    Jun 12, 2017 at 8:28

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Turns out the problem was bad ethernet cable. I swapped the cable out and now everything works.

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