RTL8139 Network card Under Linux

From: Daveman750 (dsimcha_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/28/03 

Date: 27 Sep 2003 22:59:37 -0700

I have an RTL8139 onboard network card, and Red Hat 9 (various
kernels, all the same result) detects this card correctly, loads the
module, and shows it as active in the network config GUI. However,
whenever I try to surf the Web over my broadband connection with this
card, it fails to communicate with any server. In other words, it
never even finds the DNS address. With a 3COM card that I put in, I
have had no trouble. Also, the RTL8139 card works under Windows XP,
which I dual boot.

Things I have already tried:
Clean install of Linux (I hardly had anything on it anyway)
download, compile latest beta kernel with RTL8139 support
(2.6.0-test5)
double check IP address, etc. which are not automatically detected on
my network. (I am on a university network.)
ping web servers (error message to the effect of timeout or could not
communicate)
Download the rtl8139.c drivers (The default drivers are 8139too.c)
double check the modules.conf settings.

Thank you,
Dave Simcha

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