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Contents:
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A) Driver Installation by Using Kernel Built-in Driver
B) Kernel Doesn't Support Driver
A) Driver Installation by Using Kernel Built-in Driver
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Some LINUX kernels had supported rtl8139 NIC. You can check whether
rtl8139.o exists or not. If your LINUX (ex. RedHat 6.1 or above) can
auto-detect rtl8139 NIC, you just skip the following installations and
follow the screen's instructions to install rtl8139.o driver directly.
1. Check the driver file "/lib/modules/2.2.XX/net/rtl8139.o".
Where the XX is the version number of the latest kernel.
2. Add "alias eth0 rtl8139" into the /etc/conf.modules file.
cd /etc
vi conf.modules
alias eth0 rtl8139
3. Run the following commands at the LINUX prompt.
modprobe rtl8139
ifconfig eth0 192.74.53.10
4. Now, you can run 'ifconfig' or 'netstat -i' to see if there is a
interface 'eth0'.
B) Kernel Doesn't Support Driver
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If your kernel doesn't support RTL8139 NIC, you should compile driver
by yourself. Please contact http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html
to get source code. The compiler command is located on the end of source
code. Maybe like "gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c rtl8139.c".
If you couldn't compile success, maybe you should refer to error message
and copy library or head file to Linux.
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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.
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