[plug] NIC driver for Easy Peasy 1.1

[Michael Holland]

Hi "spud",
No need to build a whole kernel, but you may need to download the driver and
build the module.

drivers here: http://partner.atheros.com/drivers.aspx/

info here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1141529

cheers, Mike

2009/5/25 Kev <kdownes at oceanbroadband.net>

> Hello all,
>
> I recently bought the latest Acer Aspire One (model D250) for my wife.  I
> bought the model with a 160g HDD and WinXP installed.  I have since resized
> the Win partition and now have it happily dual booting eXPee and Easy Peasy
> 1.1.
>
> The problem:  The NIC in the AAO is reported (by eXPee) as being an
> "Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller" and Easy Peasy (1.0 and 1.1)
> doesn't have a driver for this NIC.  I'm not technically adept enough to
> understand source code or to compile my own kernel, and I'm sure not adept
> enough to understand anything Google has thrown up at me so far.  I've
> lobbed queries into both the AAO forum and the Easy Peasy forum, but no
> response from either.  Is there some knowledgeable, yet kind soul out there
> who is able and willing to help with this please?  The aim is to completely
> ween my wife off Windoze, but I'm not off to a good start.
>
> The machine is and Acer Aspire One - model D250
> The NIC is an Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
> The EasyPeasy 1.1 kernel is version 2.6.27-8-eeepc
>
> Thanx in antici ............................................. pation,
> Kev Downes
>
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