Nic card not recognized when install linux

abefroman · 10-13-2009, 08:56 PM

Nic card not recognized when install linux

I have an Asus M4A78T-E motherboard.

I tried both CentOS and Ubuntu 8.04 server. Ubuntu gives a warning saying no nic detected and CentOS just doesnt prompt for dhcp or IP configuration.

Any ideas?

TIA

michaelk · 10-13-2009, 09:35 PM

Post the output of the lspci command. From what I can find the ethernet adapter is Atheros based and uses the atl1e module which is not included in the either distribution.

http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx

abefroman · 10-13-2009, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

Post the output of the lspci command. From what I can find the ethernet adapter is Atheros based and uses the atl1e module which is not included in the either distribution.

http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx

Thanks!

I didn't go through the installation, but once I find out the model from lspci, then I can download it from the link you gave (if its an Atheros) and do the install, and then it should work?

abefroman · 10-14-2009, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

Post the output of the lspci command. From what I can find the ethernet adapter is Atheros based and uses the atl1e module which is not included in the either distribution.

http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx

Thanks! That worked.

I have the ethernet:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# lspci |grep -i eth
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)

So I tried the 3 linux driver links from the URL you gave:
l1 didn't work
l2 didn't work
AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10 worked!!

Then I did:

Code:

cd /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.el5/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/
insmod atl1e.ko
nano /etc/sysconfig/network
nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0

and I was online.

michaelk · 10-14-2009, 12:10 PM

Excellent.