RE: Help with eth1 PLEASE

["B.C.J.O" <fade deepsky com>]

On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Bill Gilmore wrote:

> Wow!  Thanks a ton, David.  I'll let you know how it goes.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Willson [mailto:DavidWillson USWEST net]
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 4:57 AM
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> Subject: RE: Help with eth1 PLEASE
> 
> 
> Hopefully, this will be some use.  Realtek actually ships a Linux driver
> with their driver.  This is the first I've seen...
> http://www.realtek.com.tw/cn/driver/8029-driver.htm
> As to how you load it... I've no idea...  I'll bet there's a readme in the
> file.
> 
> > From: Bill Gilmore [mailto:caddmasters home com]
> >
> > Just making sure my posting doesn't fall off the list...
> >
> > From: Bill Gilmore [mailto:caddmasters home com]
> The card is actually a Realtek 8029.  It did not show up on the list.  Where
> do I stand?  Do I need to find a driver file somewhere or what?  If so, once
> I get it what do I do with it.

This card is a PCI based ne2000 clone, and is recognized by the standard
ne2000 driver if you have the irq/baseport the card sits on, and is
generally automatically detected if you build the pci ne2000 module in any
current (2.1.x or 2.2.0) kernel.

Brian
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