On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 10:02:56AM +0000, john gennard wrote: > On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 02:34:20PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > > > I've been trying to set up a small home LAN (just two > > > boxes) with the addition of a SmoothWall firewall. I > > > think I've enough gen to make a fair go at it, but I > > > just can't get 2.2.19 kernels to enable support for > > > RealTek RTL-8139 Fast Ethernet Adapters, and can't > > > understand why. > > > You have to allow experimental drivers under the "Code Maturity Level" > > section. > > In case you ever go to 2.4.x, it's now called something like 8139_too. > > Thank you. I'll give that a try. Strangely, I did wonder about this > (I'd looked at all the help notes this time!), but didn't give it a go. > Instead, I tried the 2.2.20 kernel which contains both 8139 and > 8139too and neither are shown as experimental. That kernel also > failed in the same way.
Use the NE-2000 PCI module. It has worked for me on all kernels from 2.0.36 right up to 2.4.17. Sam -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com One World, one Web, one Program - Microsoft promotional ad Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer - Adolf Hitler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
