Ethernet

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The Quectel Pi smart control board has one standard RJ45 port and supports Ethernet at communication rates of 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Ethernet cable requirements: Only straight-through cables are supported; crossover cables are not supported.

Hardware Interface

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Using the Feature

View Network Configuration

DHCP is enabled by default to obtain the network configuration automatically.

  1. Enter the ifconfig command in the terminal to view the network interface addresses:

ifconfig

  1. Example output: The 192.168.90.116 following inet addr: is the IP address of the local device.

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  1. Enter the ip route command in the terminal to view network routing information:

ip route

  1. Example output:

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View DNS Server Addresses:

dumpsys connectivity | grep -o ' DnsAddresses: \[[^]]*\]'

  1. Example output:

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Test the Network

**Execute theping**command to test the network connection

  • Execute the ping 8.8.8.8 command. If the ping succeeds (a response is received), the Internet connection is functioning properly.

  • Execute the ping www.example.com command. If the ping succeeds, the Internet connection and DNS resolution are functioning properly.