On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Sandip Sandip<new.debianu...@yahoo.in> wrote: > I am trying to install a realtek 8139 lan card on an old debian machine - > 2.4.18-bf2.4 > > The card is properly installed - as in when I connect the lan cable it the > lights on the card start blinking. > > However, I am unable to access internet. Do I need to install drivers and > how do I do that?
What else have you done? Did you just plug it in? What does you system think of the card (eg, what is the output of lspci | grep Realtek of dmesg)? What's the output of ifconfig -a? How is your IP assigned? Do you have an ISP provided router or is this machine on the inside of a personal network? What is in /etc/network/interfaces? There are a bunch of debian networking tutorials. Google lead me to the following (among other things): http://www.debian-administration.org/article/An_introduction_to_Debian_networking_setup http://www.aboutdebian.com./ http://wiki.debian.org/Network [+] > > Thanks, > > Sandip > > ________________________________ > See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! > Buzz. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org