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Does anybody know of a distro (Debian?) that has drivers for the RealTek
RTL8139 chipset?  There is full support for linux on x86 but I'm not
familiar enough with kernel recompiling yet to tackle it on my own.  I want
to build an masquerading NAT router with a httpd, sendmail, and dns loaded
on it so I need to support an additional NIC.  Is it possible to simply use
any other PCI enet cards in these machines (e.g. a 3Com 3C905?) by just
compiling the standard Linux driver into the kernel?

TIA!

tungsten is the user at se30.com to send mail to

Yes. I have 2 PCI ethernet cards based on the RealTek 8139B chip, with a
"design for windows 98/NT" sticker on it, into a 6500 running LinuxPPC
2000. The driver is included in the kernel source tree. I compiled a
2.2.17 kernel, with the driver into the kernel, not as a module, and it
works like a charm.

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