The best card you can get is one of the realtec rtl8139 cards,, (thats the name of the chip on the card, there are many brands that sell them.. ) they are really really cheap and work great.. I have been using them for as long as they have been out,, and never had a problem. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 7 September 2001 10:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Network Cards Hi, I'm a recent Linux convert, though I have been interested in the OS for a number of years. I am reasonably comfortable with both computer hardware and software, but I am not under any circumstances a 'techie'. Though my ludite in-laws might protest, my knowledge of some of these things is pretty basic. I've been having some trouble with my network card and Mandrake 8.0. I'm pretty sure (though not 100%) that Mandrake does not support my card. It is a D-Link 220. If I understood a web page I saw correctly, Linux requires the 'ne' driver to run my card. This driver is installed on my computer, and comes up when I run the Network configuration dialog box. However, the computer does not seem to recognize my card when HardDrake (I think that is the name of the program) does its thing. Basically, I'm confused. I don't think Mandrake supports my card, but I'm told on a Linux HOWTO site that Linux requires the 'ne' driver to run the card, which I have. Could someone please shed some light on this matter for me? I would really appreciate it. I do want to start using Mandrake, and I'm willing to pick up a new network card if that's what I have to do. If I do, I was wondering if there was a list somewhere that I could bring into a shop so I would choose a card that Mandrake would recognize. On another note, I was wondering if there was a way to change something in the Network dialog box. When I was installing Mandrake and I first encountered the above problem, I just said to hell with it and selected a modem as the means through which I would connect to the Internet. I can't seem to figure out how to change this. Sorry for all the questions, but I really want to learn this stuff and get my Mandrake box up and running. Cheers, David
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