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    How To Install the Atheros R8162 NIC Cat 5 for you etho

    Downloading..Compiling..and Installing the Atheros R8162 NIC module for your Cat5 network card. Usually every Network Interface Card known to most as NIC will come preinstalled by Kubuntu.. Where users find themselves installing Network Card modules are for the WiFi. Not the case for the Atheros R8162. It is newer and just is not currently offered preinstalled by any Linux distribution that I have checked (April 2013). Including Salix, Slackware, Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Arch, Gentoo, Debian and all the spinoffs of each of the aforementioned distributions. However, don't bypass a machine that has the Atheros R8162 NIC because the module for the NIC can be obtained and Installed with little trouble.

    Just Follow these Steps

    Here are the steps to download and compile.. Worked like a charm with the WiCD Network interface manager.

    Download the Source file from here

    http://www.linuxfoundation.org/colla...networking/alx

    For the below file.. 2013-03-04 date seems to work best. Some others gave me compile errors. The driver source is one of two choices for us

    compat-drivers-2013-03-04-u.tar.bz2

    OR

    compat-drivers-2013-03-04-p.tar.bz2

    We are better off with the u

    The -u postfix annotates that we have applied a driver under a unified driver

    DOWNLOAD: /compat-drivers-2013-03-04-u.tar.bz2

    Open a Terminal in Download Directory
    Right Click on File and Choose (Extract Here) to Auto Extract to a Dir Named the same as the Downloaded file.
    Next change dir into (New Install DIr) with FileManager or Terminal
    Code:
    cd /Downloads/compat-wireless-2012-02-28-u
    Now you should be in the dir /compat-wireless-2012-02-28-u
    Become root user and compile modules:
    Code:
     ./scripts/driver-select alx
    Code:
     su
      make
      make install
    Unload all: wireless, bluetooth and ethernet modules:
    Code:
      make unload
      make wlunload
      make btunload
    Load new module:
    Code:
     modprobe alx
    Works fine, I hope this is of help to others.
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