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Re: [Sheflug] Realtek RTL8019

> > It's a "Realtek RTL8019 PnP LAN adapter" and in Mandrake's list 
> > of assorted drivers to try, this one isn't listed or refered to. 
>  
> The RTL8019 is a clone of the NE2K, so you should use that driver.  IIRC 
> it's also an ISA card, so unless you've got the original driver diskette 
> for it (to force it to use standard NE2K ioport and irq), you'll need to 
> have isapnp in your kernel, and *pray*. 
 
Yee-ha. 
 
Being an ISA card, went for the "NE1000/NE2000 ISA PnP" option, gave it CD1, 
restarted the network, and here I am now sending email, from our webmail 
service, from Linux for the first time ever. 
 
So exciting I think I need a coffee. 
 
Richard, thanks for the pointer. 
 
 
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