How to build LAN drivers with no internet access

[Dotan Cohen]

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> wrote:
>> Still using the old driver:
>> shelly at neptune:~$ sudo lshw | grep r8
>> [sudo] password for shelly:
>>                 configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes
>> driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full
>> firmware=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes
>> port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
>
> Looks good so far. This is the right driver, no need to unload.
>

That is the driver that it was using from the very beginning. There is
no change.


>> So I try to change drivers but cannot load the new driver:
>> shelly at neptune:~$ sudo modprobe -r r8169
>> shelly at neptune:~$ sudo modprobe r8411
>> FATAL: Module r8411 not found.
>> shelly at neptune:~$ sudo modprobe r8402
>> FATAL: Module r8402 not found.
>> shelly at neptune:~$ sudo modprobe rtl8411
>> FATAL: Module rtl8411 not found.
>> shelly at neptune:~$ sudo modprobe rtl_nic_8411
>> FATAL: Module rtl_nic_8411 not found.
>> shelly at neptune:~$ sudo modprobe rtl_nic_8411-1
>> FATAL: Module rtl_nic_8411_1 not found.
>> shelly at neptune:~$ sudo modprobe rtl_nic_8411-1.fw
>> FATAL: Module rtl_nic_8411_1.fw not found.
>> shelly at neptune:~$
>>
>> What should I do now?
>
> The driver automatically loads the firmware, which in you case seems to be
> rtl8168e-3.fw. Just set an IP address for eth0 and ping away.
>

I was actually hoping to get DHCP enabled.


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