[PLUG] RTL8139D for Suse 10.2

[Roger]

Can anyone provide me with a ethernet driver for Realtek 8139D Fast PCI Card
...

I tried using the drivers provided with the disk ... but it doesn't seem to
work ...

plz let me know if an alternative solution exists ...

thx ...

[Vaibhav Kulkarni]

Post by Roger
Can anyone provide me with a ethernet driver for Realtek 8139D Fast PCI Card
...
I tried using the drivers provided with the disk ... but it doesn't seem to
work ...
plz let me know if an alternative solution exists ...

Hi,

I too have an 8139D ethernet card. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find
Linux drivers. I had to resort to ndiswrapper to make it work in
Linux.

Here's the procedure:
Make sure ndiswrapper-utils package is installed. cd into the folder
in which the windows drivers are present.
1. ndiswrapper -i netslnt.inf
2. ndiswrapper -d 1904:8139 netslnt
3. ndiswrapper -m
reboot the system

This works in Ubuntu Edgy. Hope it works for you in Suse too!

bye,

[Gitesh Kulkarni]

Post by Vaibhav Kulkarni

Post by Roger
Can anyone provide me with a ethernet driver for Realtek 8139D Fast PCI Card
...
I tried using the drivers provided with the disk ... but it doesn't seem to
work ...
plz let me know if an alternative solution exists ...

Hi,
I too have an 8139D ethernet card. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find
Linux drivers. I had to resort to ndiswrapper to make it work in
Linux.

Hi Roger,
Is this the Intex one? If so, it is not RealTek. It is a Silan Fast
Ethernet. It doesn't work on 2.6 kernels, I believe
(http://kernelyogi.livejournal.com/4648.html). It does work under 2.4.
Your options, if you can't write a driver -
1> Go get a new card that works in your distro.
2> Use NDISwrapper.
3> Use 2.4 kernel

~Gitesh

[Ranjit Bhonsle]

Post by Gitesh Kulkarni
Is this the Intex one? If so, it is not RealTek. It is a Silan Fast
Ethernet. It doesn't work on 2.6 kernels, I believe
(http://kernelyogi.livejournal.com/4648.html). It does work under 2.4.
Your options, if you can't write a driver -
1> Go get a new card that works in your distro.
2> Use NDISwrapper.
3> Use 2.4 kernel
~Gitesh

That is interesting to know. I was going to buy same Intex card but
Sujata Comp guy disuaded me from buying it citing problems.
I changed three cards at his place...none worked. he gave my
money back as the condition was Linux compatibility.
Got a D-Link-DFE538TX works on all Flavours with out problem.
lspci:--
0000:01:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Nearly same chipset.
Ranjit.

[Gitesh Kulkarni]

Post by Ranjit Bhonsle
That is interesting to know. I was going to buy same Intex card but
Sujata Comp guy disuaded me from buying it citing problems.
I changed three cards at his place...none worked. he gave my
money back as the condition was Linux compatibility.

Roger/Ranjit,
See this latest post from linux-bangalore-technical -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore-technical/message/23149
Looks like their is a driver ported to 2.6!
(http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/52387)
Cool!
~Gitesh

[Anand Nene]

Post by Roger
Can anyone provide me with a ethernet driver for Realtek 8139D Fast PCI Card

What is the output of "lspci"?

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