Ethernet Interface

Rhino Pi A1 includes two independent RJ45 Ethernet ports. One port supports 2.5Gbps and the other supports 1Gbps.

Hardware Connection

• Connect an Ethernet cable from the Rhino Pi A1 Ethernet port to a router Ethernet port.

When connected successfully, the RJ45 status LEDs indicate network status.

Network Information

Use ip a to view detailed network information.

ip a

An example output is shown below. In the example, eth0 has the IP address 192.168.112.68.

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether d8:40:3f:b8:87:a0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
... (truncated for brevity) ...
20: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 74:7c:ec:37:d8:df brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.112.68/19 brd 192.168.127.255 scope global eth0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::ac15:f77d:2140:1a57/64 scope link stable-privacy
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever