[elrepo] Atheros 8161 Gigabit ethernet controller

[Alan Bartlett]

On 18 February 2014 19:27, D. R. Hardy <drhardy84 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings;
>
> I am given to understand that I can use one of the kmod-alx drivers to get a
> RHEL 6.5 machine's Atheros 8161 ethernet controller working (supplied with
> HP Pavilion).  I'm a RHEL subscriber with a developer license and have
> opened a problem report and gone through multiple procedures and internet
> searches and come up short.
>
> My machine has zero internet access at present and I also understand that I
> need to do the updates first before I can utilize any ethernet drivers.  But
> I can't get the updates without the net;  chicken-and-egg scenario here, as
> sneakernet and USB sticks are limited in this regard.
>
> Meanwhile there are four different kmod-alx drivers at elrepo;  which one to
> use?
>
> Any thoughts, advice, would be helpful and much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> davidx

Look up the Vendor:Device ID pairing (the "fingerprint") for the
problematical NIC. Just execute --

lspci -nn | grep -i net

Now search for the pairing on the DeviceIDs page [1]. If you obtain a
match, then the relevant kmod package will be shown.

Alan.

[1] http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs