Yisroel, we understand that the drivers to run on your linux laptop. Please follow the steps so that you will be able to isolate the problem
Belkin Components
F5D5000 PCI Card / Desktop Network PCI Card
Driver Installation for LINUX
Contents:
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A) Driver Installation by Using Bundled Driver
B) Driver Installation by Using Compiled Driver
A) Driver Installation by Using Bundled 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/2.0.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`.
Other Installation Method
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RedHat 6.x
- Run "linuxconf" to setup your card.
Select Networking -> Client tasks -> Basic host information
-> Click Adaptor 1 to configure your adapter
For example:
Click "Enabled" (i.e. enable "Activate interface at boot time")
IP address 192.74.53.10
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Net device eth0
Kernel module rtl8139
I/O port
Irq
- Save the changes and run "shutdown -r now" to reboot the system.
Slackware:
- Add "alias eth0 rtl8139" into the /etc/conf.modules file.
- Run netconfig to configure IP.
- Modify /etc/rc.d/rc.modules:
Add one line: /sbin/modprobe rtl8139
B) Driver Installation by Using Compiled Driver
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Below are the instructions for installing linux driver. You must complie
the source code to generate rtl8139.o and use "insmod" to insert rtl8139.o
as module. You can use "netconfig" utilities to setup network parameters
for the driver.
Files Description:
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rtl8139.c The adapter source code. You can download the newest version
from http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html.
trans Compile batch file.
linux.txt This file.
Installation:
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1. Plug F5D5000 PCI Card into PC`s PCI-bus slot.
2. Boot into LINUX and keyin the following commands at the LINUX prompt.
Remember, LINUX is case sensitive.
mkdir /temp
mcopy a:/linux/rtl8139.c /temp
(Copied from LINUX directory of the driver diskette.)
("mcopy" is the mtools. If you don`t have mtools, you can
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt and use cp command)
mcopy a:/linux/trans /temp
cd /temp
chmod 777 trans
3. Run trans file to complie and copy driver to linux source code:
cd /temp
./trans
(rtl8139.o will be generated and be copied to /usr/src/linux/modules.)
4. Run netconfig (or netcfg) to set you network parameter (like ip, gateway).
Slackware: Run "netconfig" to configure IP environment.
This will create `/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1` and `rc.inet2` files.
netconfig
RedHat:
- Add "alias eth0 rtl8139" into the /etc/conf.modules file.
cd /etc
vi conf.modules
alias eth0 rtl8139
- Run "netcfg" in the xterm of X-window to configure IP environment.
startx
netcfg
(Configure IP of eth0 and enable "Activate interface at boot time".)
5. Use editor vi to modify `rc.inet1`(or `rc`) in the /etc/rc.d directory to
insmod driver. This file will be run at boot time. You just add a line
at the beginning of `rc.inet1`(or `rc`).
Slackware:
cd /etc/rc.d
vi rc.inet1
insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/rtl8139.o
RedHat: Add a line at the beginning of `rc` file.
cd /etc/rc.d
vi rc
insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/rtl8139.o
6. Reboot the LINUX.
reboot ( or shutdown -r now )
When system boots, the driver will be loaded. Then the driver will
scan I/O port to see if a card is there.
(You can run `dmesg` to see the boot message.)
7. Run `ifconfig` or `netstat -i` to see if there is a interface `eth0`.
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