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Re: New Kernel - No Network



On Sat, 01 Mar 2003, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote:
> On Saturday 01 March 2003 19:08, Nathan Malmberg wrote:
> > The network modules should come with the kernel image package, but
> > rather than in the "net" directory of the 2.2 kernels, the 2.4 kernels
> > place them in "kernel/drivers/net".
> 
> Yeah, you're right. There is no rtl8139.o driver in my .../net directory, but 
> there was a ne2k-pci.o module. I've heard that that one should also work.

For 8139 cards, ne2k-pci will NOT work.  You need the rtl8139, or 8139too
drivers for RTL 8139-based network cards (they are 100mbit/s nics).

ne2kpci will work with the rtl8029 and 8019, I think (they are 10mbit/s nics)

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