Some new network cards that people like to install — ASUS ones in particular — refuse to be detected "out of the box" on OSes like CentOS 5 and RedHat 5.
Among them is the Atheros gigabit network card series. Here are the models this topic applies to:
- AR8121
- AR8113
- AR8114
- AR8131
- AR8132
So, let's teach CentOS to see this network card.
1) We'll need any other supported card. For example, a regular Realtek in a PCI slot. Configure it so your CentOS or RedHat can access the internet.
2) Next we'll need the Elrepo package. This has already been covered
3) Next - let's install the drivers
$ sudo yum install kmod-atl1e
4) Hook up the drivers in modprobe. To do this, add the following line to the /etc/modprobe.conf file:
alias eth0 atl1e
5) Shut down the machine and remove the PCI card that was inserted in step 1
6) Power on the machine and we should see our Atheros card in place of eth0.
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