Toshiba Satellite no LAN

[patoly77]

I installed Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS on a new Toshiba Satellite C855-S5206 system. All worked well and it detected the WiFi, but there is no eth0 configuration and no LAN network configuration. I installed with network connected to the system, and I know the network connection is good (works on my Mac and PC). Any pointers would be appreciated.

[cwsnyder]

eth0 should be your wired connection, not your wireless connection, which would probably be wlan0.

Are you connected by wired Ethernet connection, or only through WiFi?

[patoly77]

The wireless is working fine - no problems there. But if I turn off WiFi and connect with a wired connection, there is no LAN definition when I use ifconfig. It is like the network interface was not detected? Thanks...

[cwsnyder]

Please post the output of lspci -v | grep Ethernet

[patoly77]

Output is:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162 Fast Ethernet (rev 10).

[cwsnyder]

Looks like you need the information in the thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2050126 to get the correct driver, which is evidently not included by default in the kernel yet.

[patoly77]

Thanks! I'll follow the instructions in that thread.