LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES

Matt Treskovich Is Top Performer on CMA Exam

Remote Technical Support Services - Read more

Client Login Click Here

Custom Intranets - Company Web Portals

CFCS Spam Killing Software Gains National Recognition - Read more

Linux Tech Tips - CentOS and the Asus M3A78-CM Gigabit Ethernet Controller

If you’re installing CentOS 5.2 or similar on an Asus M3A78-CM motherboard, make sure you grab the M3A76 Linux driver package Asus provides here in the section labeled “Others”.

On a clean install, CentOS loads a Realtek driver which appears to work. The eth0 interface shows up, but if you’re using DHCP it fails to get an address. The physical port and your swich will show a link, but the network doesn’t work. The driver CentOS loads for this board’s integrated ethernet doesn’t work.

To fix the problem, install the Linux driver provided by the manufacturer:

Download this  and extract the LAN driver to a directory, then:

# make clean modules
# make install
# depmod -a
# insmod ./src/r8168.ko (or r8168.o in linux kernel 2.4.x)

and reboot!