AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet

[ghostdog]

Hi
This is a common issue oft this atheros chipset AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet. in backbox.

this is the solution:

1. Disable the wlan toggle switch in BIOS
2. Enable the STA drivers via ubuntu "restricted drivers" (system-->administration-->Hardware Drivers)
Note: if you don't do the Wired NIC first, you'll need to browse the ubuntu cd manually for the packages that it complains about not finding. You can just double click them and let GDebi install them for you (there are just 3 of them)
3.restart
-----Wired------:
1. Download official Atheros driver, from their website: http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx (file: AR81Family-linux-v1.0.1.9.tar.gz)
2. tar -xvf AR*
3. make
4. sudo make install
5. restart

Done.
NOTE: you will not need to re-install wireless drivers with each kernel update, but you WILL need to do that for the wired nic (just make/make install again).

good luck
GD