Give the 8139too driver a try. Bill "Darcy Brodie, CJL" wrote: > > A word of caution with the rtl8139. They work well with Mandrake 7.2, but the > drivers that are available at this time for the rtl8139 cards do not work with > Mandrake 8.0, and i have been unable to locate any drivers for the rtl8139 > cards that will work in LM80. > > Darcy > > Franki wrote: > > > Remember, if the problem is the network card not working, you can go and get > > a 20 dollar realtec card from a computer shop and it will work at 10 or 100 > > speed in either windows or linux and it will do it in linux with no driver > > necessary, (linux supports it out of the box, I speak of the rtl8139 > > cards,,, (look on the actual big chip on the network card, the numbers and > > brand on that will tell you what the card REALLY is, as opposed to what the > > box tells you its being sold as.) > > > > you may be lucky and find that the card is already supported and you are > > trying to load a driver that is not necessary. > > > > Its really alot easier in linux then you will believe, once you get it > > going, you'll wonder why you were having problems, ,it only seems hard > > because you are used to doin it the windows way.... > > > > rgds > > > > Frank > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Rankin > > Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2001 11:11 AM > > To: Guy R Gauthier > > Cc: mandrake > > Subject: Re: [expert] Cable modem > > > > Guy R Gauthier wrote: > > > > > About a month ago, I subscribed to cable Internet access. It was not a > > > problem getting it going in Windows. Now, however, I'm trying to get it > > > going in Linux without any success. The disk that came with the ethernet > > > card that came with the modem does have drivers for Linux. I wasn't able > > > to install it though, and when I called the support line for the card, > > > they told me they don't support Linux. I had tried to install following > > > the directions in the drivers section. I wasn't able to do it. > > > > > > So now I'd like to ask anyone who knows Linux if they would help me. If > > > need be, I can send the complete instructions on how to install it. To > > > me, it doesn't seem to correlate. If anyone can help me, I'd be very > > > grateful. Failing that, I'll probably have to stick with Windows. And > > > that thought makes me shudder. So I'm looking forward to any help I can > > > get. > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > Guy > > > > First, what ethernet card is it? Generally, you are provided with some linux > > driver (module file) say "drivername.o" To have Linux recognize the card is > > a matter of installing the module. (see man insmod and modprobe) After you > > can talk to your ethernet card, getting the cable modem working is simply a > > matter of configuring your ethernet interface (eth0 or eth1) to handle the > > IP from your cable ISP. linuxconf can automate the process of setting up > > eth0 or eth1 (your 1st and 2nd ethernet cards) to handle a dynamic IP > > assigned from your ISP via DHCP or set eth0 to handle a fixed IP assigned to > > you. > > > > -- > > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. > > ASEL -- Instrument > > Nacogdoches, Texas > > N31 34.7 W094 42.6 > > 355 MSL > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com -- "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (When all else fails, play dead!)
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