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to begin with im gonna say that I am a total noob and its my first experience with ubuntu, I just want to see all the pros and cons of it. My problem is that even though my internet cable is connected to my pc, I dont get internet connection automatically. Ive been searching on the internet and I found these two commands :

sudo modprobe alx

echo '1969 e0b1' | sudo tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/alx/new_id

They do help and I get internet connection immediately after using them, but my question is if there is any permanent fix to my problem? These commands only fix the problem until i reboot my pc, then it comes back again. Thanks in advance

Newbie23
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    Please edit your question to add the result of the terminal command: lspci -nnk | grep 0200 -A3 Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. – chili555 Jul 20 '17 at 19:18

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The alias for your device, 1969:e0b1, we assume, was added to the alx driver beginning in the 4.8.0-xx kernel version. If alx doesn't drive your device, that suggests that you are running an earlier kernel version than 4.8. Confirm:

uname -r

There are three ways you can get the driver to load and drive your device automatically. First, upgrade to a 4.8 kernel as described here: Old kernel with Ubuntu 16.04.2 update

Second, you can download and install Ubuntu 17.04, the latest release. It uses kernel version 4.10 and alx contains the alias for your device.

Third, if you are unable to do either, make an edit to /etc/rc.local:

gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local

Use nano or kate or leafpad if you don't have the text editor gedit. Right above the exit 0 line, add:

modprobe alx
echo '1969 e0b1' > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/alx/new_id

Note that sudo is not required or even possible in rc.local. Proofread carefully, save and close the text editor.

You should be all set.

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