Use Atheros AR8151 Ethernet Card on Debian Linux

Thanks to the post below, I am able to use the Atheros AR8151 Ethernet Card on Debian Linux. The name of the site is "root@abi71:~# _". The information was posted on December 21, 2011.

http://abi71.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/enable-atheros-ethernet-card-ar8151-on-linux-slackware/


Basically, what it does is showing me how to tell Debian Linux to look for a driver and to use it. I have added some details below. Well, I added a file for Debian Linux to start using. The file is called "atherosDriver00001" and is a script. As the root user, create one by the command:

gedit /etc/init.d/atherosDriver00001

Then, copy the text below to this file and save the file.

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides:          atherosDriver00001

# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog

# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog

# X-Start-Before:    kdm gdm xdm hal

# X-Stop-After:      kdm gdm xdm hal

# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5

# Default-Stop:      0 1 6

# Short-Description: connect with internet

# Description:       you can use lan

#                   

### END INIT INFO

set -e

# Get lsb functions

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

modprobe atl1c

echo "1969 1083" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/atl1c/new_id

After that, type the command to allow its execution:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/atherosDriver00001

Then, issue the command to change to the directory below:

cd /etc/init.d

Then, issue another command to make the script run at boot time:

update-rc.d atherosDriver00001 start 02 2 3 4 5 . stop 02 0 1 6 .

"02" means the order of running the script. "2 3 4 5" means the runlevels when a computer normally starts. "0 1 6" refers to the time of shutting down using single-user mode and restarting.

Restart the computer and the Internet should be available.

The technical name of my Ethernet Card is "Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20)".