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Linux Broadcom Ethernet Card driver installation

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: April 20, 2006]

Linux Broadcom Ethernet Card sometime gives problem. However, you need to load driver called tg3 to work with Broadcom Ethernet Card.

Use lsmod program to show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel. You may need to use modprobe program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel.

But first type lsmod command and find out if tg3 module/driver is loaded or not (login as the root user).

# lsmod | grep tg3

If it is not loaded then load it with modprob command:

# /sbin/modprob tg3
# /etc/init.d/network start

OR

# /etc/init.d/networking start

Assign an IP address:

# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.10 up

Add driver to your kernel configuration file
Open your /etc/modules.conf (Fedora or Red Hat Linux) or /etc/modprobe.d/aliases (Debian Linux) and modify/add line:

alias eth0 tg3

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Discussion on This FAQ

  1. Tek Bahadur Limbu Says:

    Hi,

    The above mentioned steps don’t seem to solve my Broadcom network card. I am now reinstalling Redhat Enterprise once again.

  2. Joy Says:

    problem on network card.
    while installing network getting an error eth0 seems not to be present.

  3. Benoit Says:

    How to use modeprob to add an embedded lan card into Linux Kernel

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