As Sangwook's suggestion, I tried my Ethernet adapter on Linaro "nano-n-tar-20111017.tar.gz" image, and it works there: ####################################################################### root@linaro-nano:~# ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:70:90:4d:49 inet addr:192.168.1.9 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21a:70ff:fe90:4d49/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1582 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:1886 (1.8 KB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) root@linaro-nano:~# ping www.apple.com PING e3191.c.akamaiedge.net (118.215.189.15) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from a118-215.189-15.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (118.215.189.15): is 64 bytes from a118-215.189-15.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (118.215.189.15): is 64 bytes from a118-215.189-15.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (118.215.189.15): is 64 bytes from a118-215.189-15.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (118.215.189.15): is 64 bytes from a118-215.189-15.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (118.215.189.15): is ^C --- e3191.c.akamaiedge.net ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4004ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 130.163/130.367/130.626/0.434 ms root@linaro-nano:~# ping www.google.com PING www.l.google.com (72.14.203.106) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from tx-in-f106.1e100.net (72.14.203.106): icmp_req=1 ttl=41 time=228 s 64 bytes from tx-in-f106.1e100.net (72.14.203.106): icmp_req=2 ttl=41 time=228 s 64 bytes from tx-in-f106.1e100.net (72.14.203.106): icmp_req=3 ttl=41 time=229 s 64 bytes from tx-in-f106.1e100.net (72.14.203.106): icmp_req=4 ttl=41 time=230 s 64 bytes from tx-in-f106.1e100.net (72.14.203.106): icmp_req=5 ttl=41 time=227 s ^C --- www.l.google.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 227.919/228.879/230.387/0.946 ms root@linaro-nano:~# #######################################################################