This document contains information about RTL8139x driver for Macintosh
Power Mac series. We urge you to read this document to gain some
understanding of this product.
This document address the following topics:
*** The RTL8139x driver does not support the HOT-SWAP functionality of a
PC Card.Thus you must plug the PC Card into your system before
booting and should not remove the PC Card from your system before
shuting down. PLEASE DO NOT HOT-SWAP THE PC CARD WHEN YOUR MAC
SYSTEM IS RUNNING.
1. Adapter requirement for PCI adapter
2. Adapter requirement for PC Card
3. Software Installation
4. Setting up Open Transport
5. Setting up the TCP/IP
1. Adapter requirement for PCI adapter
1.1 The NIC on your Ethernet adapter must be RTL8139 series and the
Subsystem Vendor ID must be 10ec and the Subsystem ID must be 8139.
* You can contact your card provider to get the Subsystem Vendor
ID and Subsystem ID. Or you can use the following method by
yourself to check the Subsystem Vendor ID and Subsystem ID.
- Select the "Apple System Profiler" from the Apple Menu.
- Select the "Devices and Volumes" page from the "Apple System
Profiler" window.
- Check the "Card Name" field in the information of the PCI-slot
where your ethernet adapter is plugged. The content of "Card
Name" is in the form of pcixxxx,yyyy where xxxx is the
Subsystem Vendor ID and yyyy is the Subsystem ID.
1.2 If the Subsystem Vendor ID and Subsystem ID is not 10ec,8139, please
contact your card provider to get the driver for your adapter or
follow the following steps to patch our driver to work with your
adapter.
- Get a binary editor to edit the driver.
*** You can use "General Edit Lite" editor You can download "General
Edit Lite" from ftp://physgi.phy.ncku.edu.tw/pub/mac/editor.
- Use this editor to open the driver file "RTL8139x Driver".
- Select "Unlock Data" from the "View" menu item to unlock data of the
driver file to enable the editor to modify the driver file.
- Click on the lower frame to activate the lower frame.
- Replace all the pci10ec,8139 items with your pcixxxx,yyyy by using
the "Replace" function provied in the "Replace" menu item in the
"Find" menu item.
- Save the driver file.
note: "Quadrivio General Edit Lite" is a product of Quadrivio
corporation. Please read the text file within the "Quadrivio
General Edit Lite". You can contact Quadrivio corporation for
more information.
2. Adapter requirement for PC Card
2.1 The NIC on your PC Card must be RTL8139 series and the Vendor ID musb
be 10ec and the Device ID must be 8139.
* You can contact your PC Card provider to get the Vendor ID and
Device ID of your PC Card.
2.2 If the Vendor ID and Device ID is not 10ec,8139, please contact your PC
Card provider to get the driver for your PC Card or follow the
following steps to patch our driver to work with your PC Card.
- Get a binary editor to edit the driver.
*** You can use "General Edit Lite" editor You can download "General
Edit Lite" from ftp://physgi.phy.ncku.edu.tw/pub/mac/editor.
- Use this editor to open the driver file "RTL8139x Driver".
- Select "Unlock Data" from the "View" menu item to unlock data of the
driver file to enable the editor to modify the driver file.
- Click on the lower frame to activate the lower frame.
- Replace all the pci10ec,8139 items with your pcixxxx,yyyy whree xxxx
is the Vendor ID and yyyy is the Device ID of your PC Card by using
the "Replace" function provided in the "Replace" menu item in the
"Find" menu item.
- Save the driver file.
note: "Quadrivio General Edit Lite" is a product of Quadrivio
corporation. Please read the text file within the "Quadrivio
General Edit Lite". You can contact Quadrivio corporation for
more information.
3. Software Installation
3.1 Double-click the "Installer" icon in the "RTL8139x Driver for Mac OS"
folder. The installer program examines your computer and installs the
appropriate driver according to your selection.
4. Setting up the AppleTalk Control Panel
4.1 Select the "Control Panels" from the Apple Menu.
4.2 Select "AppleTalk" from the Control Panels submeu.
4.3 Click the "Connect via:" dropdown list box to show available
communication connections.
4.4 Select the slot where the adapter is installed.
4.5 Close the AppleTalk control panel. A dialog box will appear asking
whether you want to save changes. Click the "Save" button.
5. Setting up the TCP/IP
5.1 Select "Control Panels" from the Apple Menu.
5.2 Select "TCP/IP" from te Control Panels submenu.
5.3 Click the "Connect via:" dropdown list box to show available
communication connections.
5.4 Select the slot where the adapter is installed.
5.5 Close the TCP/IP control panel. A dialog box will appear asking
whether you want to save changes. Click the "Save" button.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.