rtl811/8168

[Da Rock]

On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 01:31 -0700, David Gehrt wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 02:48 -0700, David Gehrt wrote:
> > > I have F8 running on an HP a6400f with an rtl8111/8168 10/100/1000
> > > Ethernet interface  for which the kernel installed the r8169 driver,
> > > which didn't work.  No matter what I tried the interface refused to
> > > transmit.  
> > > 
> > > I have seen several posts on the web, mostly from ubuntu people.  Is
> > > thee a fix for F8 (my kernel version on this system is still
> > > 2.6.23.1-42.fc8).
> > 
> > Apologies for the delay, I've been busy.
> 
> Not to worry about the delay.I appreciate the response.
> 
> > I ran into this myself recently, though on FreeBSD (although I would
> > have thought linux would have it licked by now). BSD doesn't have any
> > solution to this, even building the drivers didn't work. Realtek don't
> > make drivers, so only 3rd parties do it. The only solution I and others
> > have come up with is to install a supported card (rtl8139 is a nice
> > one... :) ).
> 
> I came up with the same (but IMHO unsatisfactory) work around.  After
> 20+ years of building my own systems I have a flock of Ethernet cards, so
> I used an Intel 10/100 (Ether pro?) card, but this POS HP system has only
> one slot, fortunately I don't  need the modem that came ins that slot.  I
> really miss Fry's  This was my first purchase of a whole pre-built
> system.  Not a good result.  Of course HP does not support Linux (or
> FreeBSD for that matter). 

Me too, strangely enough... A whitebox though. I've always had trouble
with the intel nics so I stay well clear of them. Therefore, the realtek
nics being my fav.