Atheros Ethernet controller with Fedora 17?

[Ed Greshko]

On 06/09/2012 08:59 AM, Michael Hannon wrote:
> The system has two network adapters, wired and wireless:
>
>     Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet controller (wired, of course)
>
>     Ralink Dual Stream 802.11n (wireless)
>
> I'd really like to get the Atheros (wired) controller working, but I'd settle
> for either one at this point.
>
> It appears that Qualcomm/Atheros doesn't have much love for linux.  Likewise,
> the sites that turn up in a web search seem to have drivers exclusively for
> Windows.
>
> Is there any hope?  Fedora 18?  New network card?  I know I should have
> checked before I bought, but I've done this Windows/Fedora thing on a number

First, you're very welcome.

Second, could you run lspci -v as root and post the relevant portions for both
adapters?  You can always use sneaker net to move the output to a system with a
working network.  :-)

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