Hi guys
Sorry but i am a complete newbie both to Linux and to this newsgroup, so
if these questions are too stupid or if they have already been answered
before, please bare with me and accept my apologies (but still give me a
coherent answer, please)
My Mandrake Linux 7.0 works very satisfactory and i had no trouble
whatsoever installing and configuring it. But although the program
correctly identified my network card, the card does not seem to work and
eth0 fails during the booting process. i tried to download the driver from
the Realtek site. Got two files - realtek_cb.o and rtl8139.c
Tried to 'insmod' the realtek_cb.o file, but got a message that this file
was compiled for an older version of the kernel and the module would not
install even when i tried the -f switch. Now what should i do with the
rtl8139.c file? How can i install it as the driver?
If and when the card finally works, i have another question - The main
computer (not the Linux one) works under Windows98 and is connected to the
Linux computer via the Microsoft network client. i realize that i'll have
to use SAMBA, but my question concerned a much earlier stage - In that
Microsoft network, the main computer has the IP of 169.254.35.242 while the
Linux computer (which also works under Windows98) is assigned the IP of
192.168.0.210. Linux seems to regard those two IP as belonging to two
different network systems. How can i reconcile it? (a guy from the PC Plus
sent me a wonderful configuration which worked fine on his machine but was
spat out by my Linux in utter disgust)
Yours, Dick
