LAN driver problem

[Giovanni Ortosecco]

Il 12/09/2013 12:07, James Hogarth ha scritto:
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> On 11 September 2013 15:29, Giovanni Ortosecco 
> <giovanni.ortosecco at libero.it 
> <mailto:giovanni.ortosecco at libero.it>> wrote:
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>     The problem I found is as follows: at work I use Fedora 10
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> Why are you using F10? This is well out of support and if it's just a 
> case that the hardware is too new for the kernel there is no 
> assistance that that can be provided.
I know that. Because the teacher who uses the computer does not want to 
change the operating system as it says it would encounter difficulties 
with a newer system (it is almost not an expert!!).

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> I thought you couldn't run F19 on your system? This would indeed 
> indicate a driver as opposed to hardware problem - the correct 
> solution of course would be to then upgrade. If you cannot run current 
> Fedora for some reason I woudl suggest trying your setup with a long 
> term support distribution such as CentOS 6 to ensure that you get 
> security updates on a stable base.
In fact I'm trying to convince the teacher to move to CentOS 6.4
In the meantime, do you think the problem can not be solved?
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> James
Thanks,
Giovanni