Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote: That NIC is very common and usually just works. Before you start worrying about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of network problems. 1/ In

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote: That NIC is very common and usually just works. Before you start worrying about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of network problems. 1/ In

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 17 February 2005 12:36, Michael Hahn wrote: SNIP 1/ In MandrakeControlCentreNetworlManageConnections is the interface static or DHCP? If you have selected DHCP you must have a DHCP server on your network. It is set up for DHCP, but the network it's on has a hardware router with a

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address.

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 17 February 2005 14:36, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 17 February 2005 10:10 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 10:10 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 17 February 2005 12:41 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 10:10 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:36 am, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread joe
Michael Hahn wrote: First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying to get the machine up on the

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Hahn wrote: First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying

[newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-16 Thread Michael Hahn
First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying to get the machine up on the network, but each time I

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-16 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 17 February 2005 03:59, Michael Hahn wrote: First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been