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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] ethernet problem
  • Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 10:14:20 +1200

Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> various of its cards use wd, smc-ultra,

Keep in mind that wd and smc-ultra need the 8139 helper module.

> I have run out of possibilities for pci cards.

You seem to have particularly bad luck. I have four different
pci network cards and they all work fine with modules from
Slackware 7.1. Perhaps people are only giving you weirdo NICs?

> Sticking it in the computer and running net.i would probably
> have also given me the same results

That is the method I always recommend.

> I think Steven added an additional driver module or two to BL3,

The modules I added to BL3 were for PCMCIA (laptop) cards.

> hopefully including the rtl8139.

No, that is not in BL3. You can get it from the /modules
directory of Slackware 7.1.

> Tulip is another common one, used by many intel-chip clones,

That one is also available from Slackware 7.1.

Cheers,
Steven




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