[TriLUG] Linux nic drivers needed

[dsandif]

Thanks to all who posted. This suggestion worked, thxs Matt!

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Matthew J. Lavigne wrote:

> 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
>