Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote: > Hi, > I have a compaq V2000 laptop. Specs for network say its a > realtek 8139/8139C+ NIC. Is it really a RTL8139? Or it is possible that it's a RTL8100? The reason I ask is because while the RTL8100 is supposed to be MAC compatible with the RTL8139, I'm finding this is not the case. E.g., https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=175971 > Other distros (namely suse) said there was no problem with > this was detected and worked. > Mine does not work on either of the 2 V2000 laptops I have. > I tried manually loading the 8139cp module then restarting > the network and that did not do it. Nope, the 8139cp didn't work at all. The 8139too driver loads, but doesn't communicate at all. -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------- "On the basis of the American view, which may be right, the success of the Iraqi political experiment is bound to provide a model to be emulated in Syria and in the various countries neighbouring Iraq" -- Nur-Al-Din, Al-Safir (Lebanon Periocial)