Replacing NIC

Hi

Can someone please help -I'm pulling my hair out already

I'm replacing my Intel PRO/100 with an Intel Gigabit but the gigabit does not get activated.

lspci do list the adapter as...

00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)


but ifup gives...

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Failed to bring up eth0.


My installation is a Debian netinstall.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

I think that this NIC needs a special driver (aka kernel module). I don't know its name, but if you find it out, you can activate it by running

Code:

modprobe [I]module_name[/I]

To activate it at boot time, you can add the module to /etc/modules.

 

thanks Falko. I 'll do some research on the module name and try you recommendation.

Quinton

 

Hi Falko

Can I use the instructions in this txt file on intel...

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/9180/ENG/README.txt

under Building and Installation

??

Quinton

 

Also, where or how do I get hold of the kernel source for the kernel version I'm running?

 

OK, I've got it working now. I have followed your "How To Compile A Kernel - The Debian (Sarge) Way" guide and compiled the latest stable kernel - Thanks so much.

There is one thing I would like to change - having the Gigabit as eth0 and the PRO/100 as eth1. I have tried swopping them but no luck.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Quinton

 

Take a look here: http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/udev.htm
http://www.debianadmin.com/rename-network-interface-using-udev-in-linux.html

 

Great! This is working excelent.

Thanks for all your help