How to Install LAN driver in REDHET 5 Enterpries

[johans2m4u]

Dear Friends

I am New in this RED-HAT 5 Enterprise and i am not able to install LAN DRIVER

I have got Realtek RTL8111/8168 Lan Driver PCI Ethernet

and also download file - < r8168-8.019.00.tar.bz2>

but not able to install it..

Can anyone help me in this...

[Rubberman]

There should be instructions on installing it on the Realtek web site. However, for RHEL/CentOS 5 the Realtek 8169 driver is usually installed by default in the kernel. Have you tried to use the network already? What is the output of these two commands: lspci and ifconfig?

[johans2m4u]

Yeah i had tried it
lspci and ifconfig but nothing i can see over there
is says Command not found

[Rubberman]

You need to be root to run them, and they are in the /sbin directory. As root, your path should include /sbin. If not, then try the commands "/sbin/lspci" and "/sbin/ifconfig".

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Those LAN drivers come with the Linux kernel by default, but there was a bug with the kernel version that was included with RHEL 5 that caused the drivers not to work properly. This was fixed in later kernels. Have you tried upgrading your kernel?

Keep in mind that if you want to install the drivers manually, you'll need root permissions to do so and you might have to enter the full path to get commands to work.



Edit: Oops, looks like Rubberman is faster on the ENTER key than I am today.

[johans2m4u]

Yeah i had try it from
su root
password :

and then try thoes command
but not able to fix it

and also i had boot my sytem and again
try the commands "/sbin/lspci" and "/sbin/ifconfig". but not fix yet

[Rubberman]

Welcome to the forums!

Those LAN drivers come with the Linux kernel by default, but there was a bug with the kernel version that was included with RHEL 5 that caused the drivers not to work properly. This was fixed in later kernels. Have you tried upgrading your kernel?

Keep in mind that if you want to install the drivers manually, you'll need root permissions to do so and you might have to enter the full path to get commands to work.



Edit: Oops, looks like Rubberman is faster on the ENTER key than I am today.

Sounds like a catch-22 situation Ozar. If his network isn't working, he may not be able to easily update the kernel. However, he could download the rpm on another computer, save it to a thumb drive, and then install it on the system in question.

[johans2m4u]

my network isn't working, then how can i update it
so what i can do for that to update my kernel

does it works if i will update my kernel ??????

Huh friends........

oke i have to go tomorow will catch u back...