EeePC not finding wired network

**Pacey** · August 23rd, 2008

Hey guys,

Just installed Ubuntu 8.04 out of the box and it doesn't find my ethernet card. It is not even listed in /etc/network/interfaces. I know there is an issue with the wireless support, but I haven't heard people mention this one. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

**Rhubarb** · August 23rd, 2008

People are experiencing this same issue.
The solution from what I've read is to take the battery out, and put it back in.
I don't have an eeePC myself, so I can't say exactly.
I read it somewhere in the eeeuser.com's forum (under how to get ubuntu 8.04 installed on an eeePC)
http://www.eeeuser.com/
I'm a bit vague on the specifics of it all, so you may benefit from looking for the fix yourself.
Post back here your solution if / when you find it so that others may benefit too.

**zekica** · August 23rd, 2008

If it is an eeepc with Atheros L2 wired card (for example eeepc 701), you need to download a new driver (ubuntu 8.04 ships with an older version):
http://people.redhat.com/csnook/atl2/atl2-2.0.5.tar.bz2

You can then transfer it to eeepc with an usb stick, extract it and compile it:
(if we assume that the file is copied on Desktop, you can open a termial and):

Code:

tar -xjf Desktop/atl2-2.0.5.tar.bz2
cd atl2-2.0.5/
make

(this will compile the driver)

You then have to move an ubuntu shipped version of atl2 driver:

Code:

sudo mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ubuntu/net/atl2/atl2.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ubuntu/net/atl2/atl2.ko.old

and copy new driver (assuming that you are still in atl2-2.0.5 folder:

Code:

sudo cp atl2.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/
depmod -a

and then restarting.

**fkrogh** · May 9th, 2011

Originally Posted by Rhubarb

People are experiencing this same issue.
The solution from what I've read is to take the battery out, and put it back in.
I don't have an eeePC myself, so I can't say exactly.
I read it somewhere in the eeeuser.com's forum (under how to get ubuntu 8.04 installed on an eeePC)
http://www.eeeuser.com/
I'm a bit vague on the specifics of it all, so you may benefit from looking for the fix yourself.
Post back here your solution if / when you find it so that others may benefit too.

Worked for me!!! How do people discover these things??! Thanks,
Fred