Install lan driver from shell

[Anton]

Hello all and thank you all for the help..

I bought a new ASRock b75 pro3 only for server working but i have run into one problem how to i install the lan driver ? i only have terminal and i am litle new to linux (centos) if someone could help me that would be great i have centos 6.3 dvd disk if i can use that to somehow install driver for the lan.

 

[nobaloney]

For those who don't know, Anton is writing about a motherboard. Here's what the ASRock website says about their LAN connectivity:

- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111E
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports LAN Cable Detection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE

According to this post (webhostingtalk.com) on webhostingtalk.com, the LAN connection should be supported by a stock CentOS kernel at least from version 5.5.

If it doesn't, I'd try to find either a CentOS support forum or a support forum for the board, as you'd be much more likely to find people familiar with the problem on one of those.

Jeff

 

[Anton]

Sorry for my bad detail on the question but i have no idea how to explain it

Well the question is this i bought a new motherboard and put it into the old server who had the faulty motherboard and when i had everything connected and turned on everything worked

but lan did not work so i thought some one had run into this problem and had a fix for this or any ideas on how to fix this..

Thank you nobaloney for the reply.

Hope it did not sound too much stupid

 

[nobaloney]

Not at all. I explained for others that it was a motherboard; not everyone knows . My guess is the LAN really should work; I'd probably look to CentOS for support though, as the MB manufacturer doesn't seem to support Linux.

I really like SuperMicro server motherboards. Everything seems to just work with CentOS. Note though that I don't build servers; I buy working solutions from ServersDirect (if you're in the US and would like a contact there, email me at the address below; I'll introduce you to my rep.)

Jeff

 

[Anton]

Got it i had to add the new mac address here
and then save by using :wq!

view /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

and also add the new mac address here

vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0