On 11 May 2010 16:08, Elio Fabri <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thank you Alan.
> Here is the data you asked for:
>
> 02:00.0 "Ethernet controller" "Attansic Technology Corp." "Atheros
> AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller" -rb0 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
> "Unknown device 831c"
> 02:00.0 0200: 1969:1026 (rev b0)
> 04:00.0 "Ethernet controller" "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
> "RTL-8029(AS)" "" ""
> 04:00.0 0200: 10ec:8029

Elio,

Thank you for that information.

I have a system with every EL5 base kernel from 5.0 to 5.5 installed
and so, when using the double-grep technique as shown in FAQ #4 at the
ELRepo Project website [1], I see the following --

$ grep -i 1969 /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 1026
$ grep -i 10ec /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 8029
/lib/modules/2.6.18-128.el5/modules.alias:alias
pci:v000010ECd00008029sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ne2k-pci
/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.el5/modules.alias:alias
pci:v000010ECd00008029sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ne2k-pci
/lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/modules.alias:alias
pci:v000010ECd00008029sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ne2k-pci
/lib/modules/2.6.18-53.el5/modules.alias:alias
pci:v000010ECd00008029sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ne2k-pci
/lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/modules.alias:alias
pci:v000010ECd00008029sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ne2k-pci
/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.el5/modules.alias:alias
pci:v000010ECd00008029sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ne2k-pci

That shows that the EL5 kernels do not support the Atheros/Attansic
NIC (1969:1026) natively but the Realtek NIC (10ec:8029) is supported.

Now going to the Device IDs page of the ELRepo Project's website [2]
and looking for the fingerprint (1969:1026) of the Atheros/Attansic
NIC, I see that device should be supported by the kernel independent,
kABI tracking kmod-atl1e package [3].

As I do not know whether you have a 32- or 64-bit system, I will show
you the locations for both of the packages --

http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/i386/RPMS/kmod-atl1e-1.0.0.11-1.el5.elrepo.i686.rpm
http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-atl1e-1.0.0.11-1.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm

Once you have obtained the correct version of the package that matches
your system's architecture and have copied it to the target system,
just install it with --

rpm -ivh kmod-atl1e-*.rpm

You will now have the drivers to support both of the NICs -- atl1e
(for the Atheros/Attansic) and ne2k-pci (for the Realtek).

You should now be able to configure the network by invoking --

system-config-network

Finally, I should disclose that I am one of the founders of the ELRepo
Project and trust that the advice I have given, above, will help you.

Regards,
Alan.

[1] http://elrepo.org/tiki/FAQ
[2] http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs
[2] http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-atl1e