« Return to Thread: RealTek 8201CL NIC driver request

Re: Re alTek 8201CL NIC driver request

by Mike Eriksen-2 :: Rate this Message:

Reply to Author | View in Thread

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Gasel <l.escala@...> wrote:
[CUT]

> I tried both r8169 & r8168, without success !!!
> I googled for the 8168 and 8169 NICs and I saw that the RTL 8168 seems to be
> based on a 8111 chip, as the RTL 8169 seems to be based on a 8110 chip.
> In fact, my NIC is a 8201CL.
> Furthermore, this NIC is a 10/100 Mbits card while 8111 and 8110 chips are 1
> Gbits cards.
>
> Do you think that the link
> http://www.f.csce.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~shigeaki/software/freebsd-nfe.html FreeBSD
> Device Driver for NVIDIA nForce Network Adapter  refers to the correct
> driver for this NIC ?

Certainly not. RealTek and nVidia are two different companies and competitors.

Mike


> If yes, could this driver be added (when you can, of
> course...)
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Gasel
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RealTek-8201CL-NIC-driver-request-tp19370624p19371787.html
> Sent from the thinstation-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
> _______________________________________________
> Thinstation-general mailing list
> Thinstation-general@...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thinstation-general
>



--
Thinstation oldtimer
http://thinstation.org
- a light, full featured linux based thin client OS

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
_______________________________________________
Thinstation-general mailing list
Thinstation-general@...
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/thinstation-general

 « Return to Thread: RealTek 8201CL NIC driver request