Thursday, April 14, 2011

RHEL 5 Ethernet Driver problem on Intel Motherboard


Issue Details :
----------------

Intel based pc ,
Ethernet Driver problem



ifup eth0 --> "device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization."


System-config-network --> select any driver but it wont work same message as above


lspci --> Realtek semiconductor co. ltd RTL8101E Express Fast Ethernet controller


This clearly shows that we have above device installed as H/W


Uname -r --> 2.6.18.8.el5 (Our Kernel Version)


Lets find Drivers for this device from internet


Download RTL8101E for Linux kernel (2.6.X)


----------------------
Installation of Driver
----------------------

tar -xvf

make clean modules

make install

depmod -a

insmod ./src/r8101.ko

reboot

service network restart



Thats It ! Now assign Ip address and enjoy.


Thank You,



No comments:

Post a Comment