installing a NIC card

[Nils Kassube]

usabdasc at aol.com wrote:
> I went to my local clone shop and bought 
> a $19 NIC card with a Realtek 8139 on it.? My problem is: how do I make
> Ubuntu see and use the NIC card without doing a full reinstall?
>
> After Googling I tried:
> * modprobe rtl8139
> * modprobe RTL8139
> * modprobe 8139
> * modprobe RT8139
>
> With all of these attempts I got a "module not found" message.?
>
> The last posting after I do a "lspci -v | less" is:
>
>
> 01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) ??? Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor
> Co., Ltd. RT8139

There are 2 modules: 8139cp and 8139too but I think you need the first 
one. Try the command

sudo modprobe 8139cp

in a terminal.


Nils