[Astlinux-users] Solved: No network - NIC cards not recognised?

[Marcus <li...@wo...>]

Okay, I found a solution, but it turned out to be twofold.

1) My wired ADSL router does not serve dhcp so that was *one* reason for 
the errors. I tried a wifi adsl router, checked the dhcp server was on, 
and astlinux gets an IP.

I know, it sounds obvious once you realise, but in 2-3 days nobody came 
up with this possibility. I discovered an article mentioning the router 
serving dhcp on its checklist. I guess this could go into the wiki.


2) Both NIC drivers on my desktop PC are missing from astlinux it seems. 
On a thin client astlinux appears to use 8139cp and gives out the 
message "Try 8139too driver instead". (That coincidentally would be the 
correct driver for my desktop also.)

These are not new or exotic NIC drivers. The Broadcom 440 chip is on a 
regular Asus board, about 5 years old. The Realtek 8139 is also a very 
widespread chip. It's even in the new thin client I got.

So my request would be to add NIC drivers "8139too" and "b44", if 
possible.


Thanks,

Marcus