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Title: I think i have a Driver problem for my Ethernet adapter
Post by: Woodheater on March 27, 2009, 11:51:07 AM

Hi
When i have to select driver for local ethernet adapter, i'm asked to use Unknown for Chipset "Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit ethernet ......"
But it Wont Work

I have tried to find something manually, but nothing looks OK.

My Ethernet is on-board a Asus P5B-E Motherboard.

And ethernet adapter  nr.2 is a D-Link DFE-530TX Witch use a Via-rhine Driver.

Hope someone can help me, so i can use the SME

Frank

Title: Re: I think i have a Driver problem for my Ethernet adapter
Post by: David Harper on March 27, 2009, 12:25:09 PM

CentOS 4, which SME 7.4 is based on, is a rebuild of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 source code. So basically if a device will work with RHEL4 it should normally work with SME 7.4 without any difficulties.

However, RHEL4 is now getting a bit long in the tooth and doesn't support a lot of newer ethernet cards (integrated or PCI) very well. Your best bet would be to obtain a cheap PCI network card built from a common chipset like the Realtek 8139. Then just leave the unsupported integrated NIC unconfigured.

Title: Re: I think i have a Driver problem for my Ethernet adapter
Post by: Woodheater on March 27, 2009, 12:37:50 PM

Yes i have, had the same thought.

But i could be nice to  save the 20$ for something else. :lol:

and it will take me a few days before i have The Adapter.

Frank

Title: Re: I think i have a Driver problem for my Ethernet adapter
Post by: David Harper on March 27, 2009, 12:42:33 PM

The problem is that if you end up compiling the driver, every time the kernel changes you'll have to recompile it.

The other choice would be to try SME 8.0 beta and see how that goes.