[foss-nepal] NIC Driver problem with kubuntu

[nepbabu.cx]

Hello

Nitesh wrote:
> Hi
> I have installed Kubuntu 8.10. The problem is I have not been able to
> access my network. I have  a internet connection with static ip. But

[~] lspci | grep RTL
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

Working fine here using static IP (but mind you this is debian box using RTL 8169; I do not have access to Ubuntu box right now so I am not sure if
Ubuntu's kernel provides r8168 drivers).

[~] modinfo r8169
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/r8169.ko
version:        2.2LK-NAPI
license:        GPL
description:    RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver
author:         Realtek and the Linux r8169 crew <netdev at vger.kernel.org>

> it seems NIC driver is not supported. I have Realtek
> RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) PCI-E Gigabite ethernet NIC that came attached
> with Gigabyte chipset. Kubuntu gives me option to put up ip
> configuration but connection is not established. What should I do?

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/RedirectFTPSite.aspx?SiteID=1&DownTypeID=3&DownID=332&PFid=5&Conn=4

1) Download bzipped file (.bz2) from above
2) tar xvf bzipped_filename.tar.bz2
3) cd bzipped_filename;
4) go through the READMEs;

Follow instructions in the README; Post back if you have any trouble compiling the driver.
Also, just googled for you - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1022411

Goodluck


Cheers,
nepbabu.cx