And no, I am not an employee of Edimax. I'm just a satisfied user who's on a tight budget. :)
On 5/19/06, Abraham Mandac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mhac,
Are the chips labeled RTL8139A and RTL8139D variants of the sort that
uses the 8139too kernel driver?
Thanks -- Abe
Mhac Janapin wrote:
> I'm afraid not...
> Well, it depends on the brand actually. :)
>
> I suggest you get Edimax Lan Cards. Dirt cheap but works great in Linux.
> It uses 8139too kernel driver, which Mandriva readily supports.
>
> Mhac
>
> On 5/4/06, *Abraham Mandac* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Paul.
>
> I've tried installing all the drivers on Mandriva's configuration tool
> with "Realtek" or "RTL" in their names. None worked, unfortunately.
>
> You know of any other means I could install a driver downloaded from
> somewhere? (There are no drivers available on realtek.com.tw.) But then
> installing linux "drivers" is not as straightforward as installing
> Windows device drivers, is it?
>
> Paul Patrick Carpio Prantilla wrote:
> > Hello Abe,
> >
> > I dont' use mandrake, but you may wish to find out if you can use
> > realtek drivers from your device list.
> >
> > This guy looks like he got it working under mandrake:
> >
> >
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=1483&cat=38
> < http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=1483&cat=38>
> >
> > From the article:
> >
> >
> > >Integrated Video: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX GPU(Graphics Processing Unit)
> > with >up to 128MB Frame Buffer
> > >
> > >Integrated Audio: Realtek ALC650/655 6-Channel AC'97 CODEC
> > >
> > >Integrated LAN Card: MCP NVIDIA MAC + Realtek RTL8201BL PHY
> > >
> > >I report is fully working on linux (using Mandrake 10.0)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -Paul Patrick C. Prantilla
> >
> > Abraham Mandac wrote:
> >> I just completed installation of Mandriva Linux 2006 on a new
> machine
> >> with the following specs:
> >> Motherboard: Red Fox GeForce 6100-M9
> >> Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
> >> RAM: 1 GB
> >>
> >> How do I get started connecting to our LAN if my network interface
> >> device is not on the list found in "Mandriva Linux Control Center" >
> >> "Network & Internet" > "Set up a new network interface (LAN, ISDN,
> >> ADSL, ...)"? The device is on-board. Here's all the information
> on it
> >> found on the motherboard's manual:
> >>
> >> 10/100 LAN PHY
> >> - PHY: RTL8201BL/RTL8201CL.
> >> - Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation.
> >> - Half/Full duplex capability
> >> - Supports ACPI, PCI power management
> >>
> >> Is there any other means of setting up my network connection,
> >> preferably another GUI configuration tool (my apologies to
> >> configuration-by-hand purists)?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Abe Mandac
>
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