Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+

[Jonathan Carter]

berndl81 at gmx.at wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> 
> I tried a fresh Ubuntu Warty install on a P3 - 700 computer with a
> realtek RTL-8139 network card. The entire install went smooth (as
> always), however, I just can't get the network running. The card is
> detected properly, however the dhcp (auto)-configuration doesn't work at
> all. Booting the computer with knoppix shows me, that the network card
> is physically ok.
> 
> Any tips how to configure the network card properly? Thank you in
> advance.

Hi Bernard

You can edit the /etc/network/interfaces file to set it to use DHCP.
"man interfaces" explains the file in more detail.

hth

-Jonathan


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