Hi I am kind of a linux newbie, and I am having some trouble with my network adapter.
It is a simple PCI card with a RealTek 8139 compatible chip, my network is a simple home network, (192.168.0.x) My Linux dist. is Debian 2.2.r3 with 2.4.5 kernel (I have 2.2.19-pre17 on backup too, if it matters...) If I got it right, it should be sufficient to invoke 'insmod rtl8139.o', and 'ifconfig <myip> <mysubnetmask> up eth0' (or something, I cant remember exactly) Well... I get no errors doing this, and if i run ifconfig afterwards, the card shows up as if it should work perfectly. But pinging someone has no effect. What am I doing wrong? Please, enlighten me :) best regards Tor Arvid Lund
