Re: broadcom netXtreme gigabit ethernet module

[Roland Penning <penning@nospam.cistron.nl>]

Kevin Coyner wrote:
> Trying to figure out what module driver to use during installation for
> an ASUS P4PE motherboard that has a built-in Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
> Ethernet.
>
> I checked google, asus.com and broadcom.com with no luck.  Not sure
> where else to dig as this is relatively new.  Wondering if some other
> driver is capable of working at the 100M level as I don't really need
> the 1G speed since the other end of the pipe can't support it yet.
>
> Thanks
> Kevin

Try apt-get install bcm5700-source

broadcom gigabit ethernet driver only available as sourcecode not as 
binary, which I find a bit strange because it's also in stable only 
available in source form.

Regards,

Roland...