Network Reset

[Oderus]

I suggest avoiding the guessing and running "ethtool -i". You may have to install ethtool. Find the name of the interface with "ls /sys/class/net" (or say, ifconfig or ip link show). F.ex.:

$ ls /sys/class/net
enp0s31f6  lo
$ ethtool -i enp0s31f6
driver: e1000e
version: 3.4.2.1-NAPI
firmware-version: 0.8-4
expansion-rom-version: 
bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

When I was mucking around with the driver, I used modprobe -r to remove the driver. That would kill the internet connection, and I worry that if you don't have the older one ready to go you might get no ethernet.

s /sys/class/net
enp3s0 lo wlp2s0
tweak@AmigaBuntu:~$ ethtool -i wlp2s0
driver: rtl8821ae
version: 4.18.0-17-generic
firmware-version: N/A
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:02:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: no
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: no

[jlittle]

so i tried installing a wireless driver for my wireless ethernet, from source code, and it ended up being worse than the default. i have removed the one from source code but it is still acting up. how can i reinstall and use the default? I used sudo make uninstall to remove the one I installed from source but it feels like it is still the one in use.

I suggest avoiding the guessing and running "ethtool -i". You may have to install ethtool. Find the name of the interface with "ls /sys/class/net" (or say, ifconfig or ip link show). F.ex.:

$ ls /sys/class/net
enp0s31f6  lo
$ ethtool -i enp0s31f6
driver: e1000e
version: 3.4.2.1-NAPI
firmware-version: 0.8-4
expansion-rom-version: 
bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

When I was mucking around with the driver, I used modprobe -r to remove the driver. That would kill the internet connection, and I worry that if you don't have the older one ready to go you might get no ethernet.

[Oderus]

so i tried installing a wireless driver for my wireless ethernet, from source code, and it ended up being worse than the default. i have removed the one from source code but it is still acting up. how can i reinstall and use the default? I used sudo make uninstall to remove the one I installed from source but it feels like it is still the one in use.