On Friday 18 December 2009, mike walker wrote: >your right. according to what i have heard it is quite doable. but i have > not been able to do it yet. so i went around the problem. i went to the > local goodwill computer store and got a D-Link DGE-530T PCI card for $5. > stuck it in the box and hooked up to the web at once. problem solved for > now. NEXT PROBLEM... >I have an ADLink 7296 parallel card that has been sitting in my back room > for at least a couple years. has anyone ever installed one of these in an > EMC2 box? > > > > >________________________________ >From: Alfredo Sola <[email protected]> >To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <[email protected]> >Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 11:10:36 AM >Subject: Re: [Emc-users] network problems > >On 17/12/09 23:19, mike walker wrote: >> ASUS P5KPL-CM > > It seems to use an Atheros chip for which the stock kernel doesn't have >drivers, according to: > > <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=881156> > > Looks like a valid loadable module should have come with the CD. You >will need to use the command line to make it work, but according to the >above thread, it's quite doable. > > Furthermore, according to ubuntuhcl.org, you only need to copy the AR81 >driver which can be downloaded from the Atheros site to >/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/ and then modprobe atl1e. > > Let us know if any of this makes sense :) > It should, but be aware that NetMos owns 95% of that chip market, and I've heard several srcs tell me recently that the chipset is broken in the EPP mode. Other modes are fine, including the default mode emc uses I believe.
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