ASUS P5B-E motherboard networking with LinkSys 10/100 under Linux

[Shirley U. Mustby-Kidding]

I am trying to set up Linux on my computer, but I seem to have a problem
getting the networking to work. The ASUS P5B-E has an onboard gigabit
LAN, but it seems to be from a vendor that is not well supported under
Linux, yet. I tried to get around this by purchasing a LinkSys 10/100
card for my computer. The install seems to recognize it, but not under
the LinkSys name. Perhaps the chipset manufacturer's name. It starts
with "A", but I can't remember the rest. Well, though it seems to think
it has the driver for the card, it does not work with the DHCP offered
by my NetGear router.

I would prefer to work with Debian, or a distro derived from it, such as
Kubuntu (I prefer KDE). I'm not a complete newbie to Linux, but I can't
understand why the DHCP is failing during install.

As I have the LinkSys card in the computer, and it seems to be better
supported than the on-board LAN, I would prefer to focus on getting the
LinkSys working.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please reply to the group.
Thanks in advance.

-Shirley

[bob]

Post by Shirley U. Mustby-Kidding
I am trying to set up Linux on my computer, but I seem to have a problem
getting the networking to work. The ASUS P5B-E has an onboard gigabit
LAN, but it seems to be from a vendor that is not well supported under
Linux, yet. I tried to get around this by purchasing a LinkSys 10/100
card for my computer. The install seems to recognize it, but not under
the LinkSys name. Perhaps the chipset manufacturer's name. It starts
with "A", but I can't remember the rest. Well, though it seems to think
it has the driver for the card, it does not work with the DHCP offered
by my NetGear router.
I would prefer to work with Debian, or a distro derived from it, such as
Kubuntu (I prefer KDE). I'm not a complete newbie to Linux, but I can't
understand why the DHCP is failing during install.
As I have the LinkSys card in the computer, and it seems to be better
supported than the on-board LAN, I would prefer to focus on getting the
LinkSys working.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please reply to the group.
Thanks in advance.
-Shirley

Did you try setting up the IP manually rather then using DHCP? That's
what I had to do to get networking up on a recent Fedora install.