My Atheros Ethernet network drive is not supported in RHEL-5

wachhada · 04-19-2014, 02:16 PM

Dear sir, Hello
First I am a beginner in use Linux operating system, and I am not familiar with the error messages

I have TOSHIBA Satellite laptop Intel (R) Core (TM) i5-4200m CPU
I have installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 5 operating system
After I used these commands:

ifconfig eth0
/sbin/ifconfig
I get these outputs:
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth0
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 b) TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)

virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:02

A:F5
inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

So my Atheros Ethernet network drive is not supported in RHEL-5.

I have a second operating system Ubuntu 13.10 release which is supported my Atheros Ethernet network,
After I used this command:lspci | grep –I net
I get this output:
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet (rev 10)

So can I install Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet (rev 10) manually in Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 5? If it is possible how I can do it? And how I can download my driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 5?
So please help me as soon as possible,
With my best wishes,
Thank you in advance.
Regards

John VV · 04-19-2014, 05:18 PM

first what version of the older LEGACY RHEL5 is this ?
RHEL 5.10 is the current in the older legacy 5 series

Code:

cat /etc/redhat-release

also RHEL 5 and the current 6.5 are not free
you HAVE to buy the REQUIRED support contract !!!!
--- the desktop license--
https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/desktop/

also rhel5 is primarily for older LEGACY hardware ( think old xp computers from 2001 )
it has no support for NEW hardware

for new hardware install 6.5 and buy the required support contract
-- if you use Redhat then you have to buy the license it IS REQUIRED---

or
Use the FREE rebuild CentOS

install the current CentOS 6.5
or for OLD legacy hardware the current legacy CentOS 5.10

wachhada · 04-19-2014, 06:11 PM

Dear Jhon, Hello
Thank you for your try to help me
My goal is to use the Linux operating system is to install the important program for me is working under the Red Hat system Distributions.
I have Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 5.7.
I prefer using RHEL5 because I have installation number and it is supported to install my program.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system is Is the only supported platform my interest program.
After installation of my program it must registered online by INTERNET to work correctly.
But unfortunately, most Linux distributions do not provide any driver for Atheros chipset-based wireless cards.
I read Madwifi.org have developped and provide a standard Atheros driver for Linux.But I do not understand because I am a beginner in use Linux operating system, and I am not familiar with it.
So can I install my Atheros Ethernet driver manually in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 versions? Or update my version to solve my problem.
Thank you in advance.
Regards

John VV · 04-19-2014, 06:41 PM

contact redhat tech-support
https://access.redhat.com/home?intcm...000000TB8nAAG&
https://access.redhat.com/site/suppo...hnicalSupport/

you have access to it from the required support contract you had to buy

also the older 5.7 is 3 minor versions out of date
it was released in July of 2011
so any newer hardware IS going to have problems ( as in NO support)

to install a driver from source you need to install a ton of tools from RHN ( redhat network) the redhat software repo
and for that you MUST have a paid for and registered install of rhel5.7 ( the current is rhel5.10)

Quote:

So can I install my Atheros Ethernet driver manually in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 versions?

contact redhat
they can walk you through it for the older legacy rhel5 ( if possible )