"pritesh" <pritesh.ugrankar@gmail.com> writes:
> The name of the driver file was rtls211.zip. I followed the
> instructions to install it but it gave me an error stating that there
> is some problem installing this driver.

What error, exactly, did you see?

> The ReadMe file says the first
> thing I need to do is Power-off the PC and insert the RTL8139 adapter,
> but I thought that the adapter would be inbuilt.

It sounds like it is. I don't think that should have anything to do
with the problem.

> I think this is the
> reason why the driver is not getting recognized at all because it
> expects a hardware device to which it can attach itself to. So I wasnt
> really surprised when ifconfig -a command showed that the driver was
> not installed too.Is it because my PC does not have a Network Card? But
> when I checked the Manual for the Motherboard (Its a Gigabyte GA 8LD
> 533 Motherboard
> with Intel 845 Chipset), it says I have a Built in RTL8101L Chipset.
> Sorry if my question here appears wet-behind-the-ears sort, but it
> would really be great if someone could help me.

Try "ifconfig -a plumb".

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