On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Mario Trangoni <mjtrang...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi List, I'm new here and want to ask about a problem with my network > driver "r8168". I've compiled the offical one from Realtek, I can see that > the driver recognize the card but it doesnt work. I've no connection. It's a > pity because I've only problems with thats, the other things are working > properly with a Debian Squeeze. > > I've a industrial motherboard with 2 network's board. > > 03:00.0 *Ethernet controller*: *Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd*. > *RTL8111/8168B > PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller* (*rev 01*) > 04:00.0 *Ethernet controller*: *Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd*. > *RTL8111/8168B > PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller* (*rev 01*) > > basic hardware: do they light up? flash green (or whatever rt says is the ok color)? if you have a switch that supports it, do you see the mac address? software: have you loaded the rt driver? (in my experience, most rt, intel, and linksys boards Just Work) what does modinfo or insmod say? does ifconfig -a show any interfaces you weren't expecting? and as wayne mentioned, you shouldn't have to build this. it should be in the stock kernel of most distros (one of the reasons i like these cards).
