Belkin NIC module

[dattaway at attaway.net]

This module should be already built with your system.  Typing in this
command as the superuser should get you going:

/sbin/modprobe 8139too

At least my stock linux kernel (2.4.18) has it.  If not, you can use your 
kernel sources to build the module.  No need to use their driver when its 
already with the kernel's own sources.

If you don't have it, you can make it from the kernel's sources and it 
goes something like this:

cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig 

Network device support --->Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)  ---> <M> RealTek
RTL-8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support

make modules
make modules_install
/sbin/modprobe 8139too

and then you can configure the card however you wish, or just to use:

/sbin/dhcpcd

and you are on the internet!

On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Rusty wrote:

> Hey Group Gurus....
> 
> A few weeks ago I followed the suggestion of someone and picked up a
> couple of the "$1.99 after rebate" special Belkin NICs from
> Microcenter. I finally got around to building the machine to put them
> in, and got RedHat 7.3 installed. Unfortunately it didn't recognize the
> correct driver during install (apparently). The module that was loaded
> was (I believe, should have written it down) 8139too. The CD has
> instructions for installing the rtl8139.o module. The rtl8139.c file is
> on the disk, but when I did what they described for compiling the
> module out of it, it didn't work. Apparently the directory structure,
> etc. doesn't follow what the script calls for. I am NOT a scipt-writer
> or reader. I know, I HAVE TO LEARN...and am hoping to get the time to.
> But my job requires a TON of my time...at work and home. And it is MS
> centric. I couldn't find a rtl8139.o module on the system, either.  The
> Belkin website only has drivers listed for MS OSes. Soooo...
> If anyone has had this experience and can give me the down-and-dirty
> method for getting my NIC to work, I'd greatly appreciate it. 
> 
> TIA
> Rusty
> 
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