Help with Asus K53e no network connection with ubuntu 10.04

[TiffanyElenbaas]

I recently bought an Asus laptop and had a friend install ubuntu 10.04. After the install was complete I tried to connect to a network and there was no networks availiable. After some research time my friend said the i need network drivers to install in ubuntu. Now i am stuck and need help!

[chili555]

What kind of network connection would you like to have, wired ethernet or wireless? Please open a terminal and run and post:

lspci -nn | grep -e 0200 -e 0280

The pipe symbol | is on the right side of my US keyboard on the same key with \. Thanks.

[TiffanyElenbaas]

I followed my friends directions and installed ndisgtk along with the drivers from windows that I found in my program files, but after selecting the inf files for the wireless and wired network connections ndisgtk displayed an error message saying 'invalid driver' - is this a glitch or are they actually invalid driver .inf files? I have tried finding drivers for Asus to no avail on the internet =(

[chili555]

ndisgtk probably won't work for wired ethernet. .inf files can be invalid if they are for the wrong device or are not Windows XP drivers which are a requirement.

[ramunaidu]

hi this is ramu i am using asrock H61M-s mother board for ubuntu 10.04.3
network driver not installed i unable to install the network drivers pleease help me

[TiffanyElenbaas]

I have downloaded xp drivers and ndisgtk still says they are invalid - any way to manually install them?

[chili555]

Please post:

lspci -nn | grep 0280
ndiswrapper -l

That's a lower-case L for 'list.' Thanks.

[svenskmand]

I was thinking about getting the Asus K53E, but I would like to know about its ubuntu compatability first, so could you make a short review maybe?

[chili555]

I have downloaded xp drivers and ndisgtk still says they are invalid - any way to manually install them?

The answer has already been given:

ndisgtk probably won't work for wired ethernet.

Also, in order to troubleshoot your ethernet, please open a terminal and:

Please post:

lspci -nn | grep 0280
ndiswrapper -l

That's a lower-case L for 'list.' Thanks.

[seandude]

I'm actually in the same boat at the moment. Just got an Asus K53e and am using a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04.

lspci -nn | grep 0280

outputs:

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec;8176] (rev 01)

As for ndiswrapper, apparently it isn't installed by default.

From what I've seen, there are a few fixes (the easiest of which is just to upgrade -- but I'm trying to stick with 10.04. Any suggestions?