need linux drivers for qualcomm atheros ar8171/8175 pci-e gigabit ethernet controller

cyberdome · 04-14-2014, 04:24 PM

http://www.driverscape.com/download/...net-controller

Does anyone have Linux drivers for this Laptop NIC card? I have the ASUS g750j laptop

Are there any windows driver that will work with Linux?

thanks and any help is appreciated.

Emerson · 04-14-2014, 04:27 PM

Please post the PCI ID of this card.

metaschima · 04-14-2014, 05:08 PM

My desktop with a similar card uses the 'alx' module:

Code:

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
	Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 10a1
	Kernel driver in use: alx
	Kernel modules: alx

This is a Linux driver part of the kernel.

Emerson · 04-14-2014, 07:57 PM

cyberdome, try to forget everything windows.

Code:

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10d3]
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0000]
        Kernel driver in use: e1000e

The PCI ID of my card is 8086:10d3. If I look up 8086:10d3 in HCL database I will learn the driver is e1000e and it has been in kernel since 2.6.28.
Now, if you check your NIC's PCI ID against HCL you may find out your kernel is too old to support it (for instance).

cyberdome · 04-15-2014, 01:59 AM

I appreciate and thank you for everyone for posting a reply. Emerson and metaschima thank you.

As it turns out. There was nothing wrong with my machine. I ran the Fedora Live CD. and booted perfectly fine and detected my wired NIC and had the ALX driver for my NIC card.

The reason I was asking for Linux drivers, I have a VMware PCoIP CD that I put in my cd-rom and boot from it to connect to my work. because I work from home. For some reason. this laptop NIC will not connect to my job network. The VMware PCoIP CD is created from OPENSuSE.

I don't understand why my NIC will not work with OpenSUSE vmware CD. but it will work on FEDORA 20 LIVE CD.

metaschima · 04-15-2014, 10:49 AM

Either VMware is getting in the way by not properly detecting the card and passing it on to OpenSUSE, or the OpenSUSE version is too old and doesn't have the driver.