November 17, 201114 yr First, sorry... I'm a long time windows user, and have only casually played with Linux builds. Haven't been familiar with command-line OS since the DOS days. My Server (5.13b) has been running good with the onboard 10/100 NIC, but I wanted gigbit speeds. I purchased a Realtek 8169 PCI card. When I boot, it's like the card is not there. I know its installed correctly and the connection lights come on at the back of the card, but I can't see the card. The hardware wiki said the r8160 was compatible? Realtek - RTL8169S, RTL8111B, RTL8111C, probably others too Or is the RTL8169S not the same thing? Anyway, the card came with a supplied drivers disk that has Linux drivers, but I'm not exactly sure what to do with them - and if the r8169 is not supported, I'll just pull it and get an Intel Pro/1000 card and move on. Thanks.
November 17, 201114 yr Author Yes, onboard is disabled. When I use ethtool -i the result is: Cannot get driver information: No such device.
November 17, 201114 yr Yes, onboard is disabled. When I use ethtool -i the result is: Cannot get driver information: No such device. perhaps because you did not give it a device. try ethtool -i eth0
November 17, 201114 yr Author Yes, sorry - I did use the full command (just redid it too to be sure). Same result: ethtool -i eth0 Cannot get driver information: No such device
November 17, 201114 yr Author Ugh. I hate stupid-fixes. I moved the card to a new PCI slot... fixed. When I got this box (repurposed HP Media Center PC), there was a modem in the original PCI slot that I tried. Maybe the BIOS is manually set for that slot and modem to work together... who knows. All I know is my card is up. Can't test gigabit speeds, because the gigabit switch I ordered hasn't come in yet (hopefully today). Thanks for the replies.
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