Dell optiplex 990 network drivers

[simonrm27]

Hello,
any network drivers for ubuntu 12.04

 

[Ijack]

Yes. Have a look at this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1741686.html (about 10.04, but the principles are the same).

 

[simonrm27]

An alternative to the maverick-backport kernel is using the normal lucid kernel and building yourself a DKMS Package for the current version of the e1000e module.

It's realy simple:
1. Download the current e1000e module from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/
2. build the DKMS Package, following this instruction:
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kernel/Dev/DKMSPackaging

Then you're (hopefully) done...

good luck

This worked so easily for me. I went to sourceforge and downloaded the latest stable version, then followed the instruction in the README after I unzipped the archive. Literally all I had to do was:

tar -xvf e1000e-1.6.3.tar.gz
cd e1000e-1.6.3/src/
sudo make install
sudo modprobe e1000e
sudo dhclient eth0

Done. Thanks for the help.


This answer from ubuntu forum was helpful to me
Thanks