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Nic card not recognized when install linux

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk (Post 3718325)

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?

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk (Post 3718325)

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.