[TriLUG] Linux nic drivers needed

[Matthew J. Lavigne]

dsandif wrote:
> I have an Lenovo T60 Thinkpad that I purchased two days ago. I have 
> installed Redhat Enterprise WS 4, ver. 2 on this laptop, but  I 
> noticed that it did pick up my nic card which is a Intel PRO/1000 PL 
> Networking Connection adapter. I have tried googling, site searches, 
> speaking to both Intel and Lenovo to see if I could get the proper 
> drivers for this internal nic but it seems I am stymied at almost 
> every turn.
> Does anyone know where I can get the correct linux drivers\rpm for 
> this nic card?, again it is a Intel PRO/1000 PL Networking Connection 
> card for an Lenovo\IBM T60 Thinkpad laptop. The intel site was 
> absolutely of no help and both intel and Lenovo kept passing the buck 
> to one another. Very frustrating.
>
>
> D-
>
>
> PS, the BIOS is up to date.
You really need to go to update4.  The kernel for Update 4 will support
that networking out of the box.  If you have a subscription then you
need to only issue the command:

up2date -u

and off you go.

Matthew Lavigne