Howto make intel gigabyte network interface card work under ubuntu

This paper describes how to make intel's e1000 series network interface card work under ubuntu.

1. Get driver from intel's web site.

   

    Find the driver-"e1000e-2.2.14.tar.gz"

2. Copy the driver to your home dir under ubuntu

3. Decompress the compressed driver.

    tar zxf e1000e-2.2.14.tar.gz

4. Change to driver's src directory

    cd e1000e-2.2.14/src

5. Compile the source code

    sudo make install

6.  Load the module

    sudo modprobe e1000e