On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Mario Trangoni
<mjtrangoni@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi List, I'm new here and want to ask about a problem with my network
driver "r8168". I've compiled the offical one from Realtek, I can see
that the driver recognize the card but it doesnt work. I've no
connection. It's a pity because I've only problems with thats, the other
things are working properly with a Debian Squeeze.
I've a industrial motherboard with 2 network's board.
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
basic hardware: do they light up? flash green (or whatever rt says is the ok color)? if you have a switch that supports it, do you see the mac address?
software: have you loaded the rt driver? (in my experience, most rt, intel, and linksys boards Just Work) what does modinfo or insmod say? does ifconfig -a show any interfaces you weren't expecting?
and as wayne mentioned, you shouldn't have to build this. it should be in the stock kernel of most distros (one of the reasons i like these cards).