Yes, I have had a similar problem. The kernel via-rhine is broke. The via site, http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=71#lan. The one you want is VT8233, even though the title only mentions Windows. What I did was make via-rhine a module, so I can load it and test it with a new kernel, but then load linuxfet (from VT8233LAN.zip) so that my NIC works. There is a patch floating around for via-rhine in the kernel, but it does not work for everyone, and it is not in the kernel yet.
Andy Carlson On 26 Mar 2002, huckfinn1963 wrote: > Installed 8.0 last summer, but networking didn't work. Tried the tech > support that came with the powerpack but was useless,( they didn't seem > to care or know). So I thought that I would give you guys a shot at it > now that I have some time to play with it again. > > I have a Soyo Dragon motherboard with a VIA chipset nic, using VIA-rhine > kernel module. This set up worked on an earlier version of mandrake, > but doesn't work on this one. The chipset is a VT 82C100A. I'm using > the automatic IP to obtain the IP address from my router. However the > network card never works and isn't able to obtain that address. The > system works fine on windows 98 and also worked on a 7.02 mandrake > release. Has anyone found similar problems with this motherboard or is > this a kernel issue? > > Thanks, > Dennis > > > >
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