WAN Port not detected for Nanopi R5C

[StanleyLIM]

Hi, 

 

Just received my Nanopi R5C. Flashed the Debian 12 (Bookworm) Minimal/IOT images with Armbian Linux v6.12 from here https://www.armbian.com/nanopi-r5c/. Everything works well except that I could not get the WAN port working. Anyone has any idea?

 

BTW, the Nanopi R5C looks different from the image showed on https://www.armbian.com/nanopi-r5c/. Mine has only 2 x 2.5Gb ports instead of the 3 port. The image on the page looks like a NanoPi R5S... Just a side note. Cheers.

 

[eselarm]

2 hours ago, StanleyLIM said:

Debian 12 (Bookworm) Minimal/IOT images with Armbian Linux v6.12

Those use systemd-network and it is called 'minimal' so it might be that only 1 port is handled by default (the LAN only). Rest you need to figure out yourself.

What do you want to do with the NanoPi-R5C ?

 

I have replaced systemd-network with NetworkManager as is the default in Debian Bookworm once for a newly downloaded image (was for ROCK3A AFAIR). The Ubuntu based images use netplan.io, that is nice for Canonical, not for me. I do not want to waste my time on yet another configuring/scripting/layering. It made me just clone an existing Armbian/Debian/RPi Bookworm rootfs as I use NetworkManager for almost all Linux computers and is easy copying of .nmconnection files between platforms (x86, arm, etc).

Edited 21 hours ago by eselarm

[Igor]

13 hours ago, eselarm said:

so it might be that only 1 port

With logs, we could see if this is NIC not recognized or network stack problem. 

 

16 hours ago, StanleyLIM said:

BTW, the Nanopi R5C looks different from the image showed on

Community supported target are often not having anyone behind https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Board-Support-Rules/

[StanleyLIM]

20 hours ago, eselarm said:

What do you want to do with the NanoPi-R5C ?

I'm brought the NanoPi-R5C to setup Internet-in-a-Box on for an Orphan school. I would like both the network port to work so that 1 part can be connected to the internet and the second can be connected to their local router.
 

7 hours ago, Igor said:

With logs, we could see if this is NIC not recognized or network stack problem. 

Base on the documentation, the 2 LAN port uses the same RTL8125BG. I assume driver shouldn't be the issue..