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I have a Raspberry Pi (512 Mb ram) running Arch Linux ARM, connected to my router working as a vpn server.

After a thunderstorm, the Ethernet port stopped working. It won't even blink anymore. The rest of the raspberry, along with the usb ports work fine.

When I try to get the interface up from linux, I get hardware isn't capable of remote wakeup

The router it was connected to was completely burned as well, so I suppose it's just the Ethernet port that has the problem.

Is there a way to fix the port? Is there something I can do?

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  • can you see any physical damage? burns broken tracks etc? For the price just buy a new Pi, a decent USB->Ethernet adapter is not much cheaper.
    – rob
    Commented Feb 12, 2015 at 13:27
  • same behavior after reboot?
    – user236012
    Commented Feb 12, 2015 at 13:41
  • Yes, it's the same after every reboot. Can't see any physical damage. Everything else works, so I don't want to throw it away just because the ethernet port is dead.
    – Manolis Ragkousis
    Commented Feb 12, 2015 at 14:03

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If its just the ethernet, and everything else is fully functional , could add a usb wifi dongle and use it as a wifi sensor board/server. Should be able to get a usb wifi dongle from around $8 + p&h.

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Your board was likely fried in the storm, or at least the Ethernet port. Given the price of hardware replacement vs fixing the Ethernet port, I recommend swapping out the board. Consider this an ideal excuse to upgrade to the new Pi 2.

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