Nic

What must I do to get my NIC on my RH Linux 6.1 to work? I have googled, but it kept coming up with drivers which I already have... Thanks!

sincerely,
cow.

try running the network configuration tools?

netconfig

Or something similar. I use the Linuxconf network section personally
Just run linuxconf from a command line, or from X if the X version is installed on your system.

What kinda NIC U have?

well A LOT MORE INFORMATION would be helpful....... You need to install the driver, to put it simply.

I have the drivers, but I don't know how to install it.

I have a d-link, but that is beside the point.

I put in the card, try to get it up and running in linuxconf. At no point did the system ask me for the driver, how do I install the driver?

sincerely,
cow.

Kudzu is a wonderful powerful program that will detect hardware for you in later versions of RedHat, I just don't remember if it existed in RedHat 6.1. It will handle all the module work for you.

I think some (most?) of the d-link cards use the tulip driver. So you would type 'modprobe tulip' or 'insmod tulip'. And if that gives you errors, then try some of the other common drivers: eepro, eepro100, 3c59x, 8139cp, or 8139too.

the tulip driver is Realtek

this works with dynalink/edimax/and all more tulip brands out there

modprobe rtl8139

try that

Everyone's talking about tulip... what is a tulip?

sincerely,
cow.

tulip is a driver type for an ethernet adapter (network card).

if you know the name of the driver for the dlink, you can try adding the following to /etc/modules.conf (or /etc/conf.modules):

alias eth0 <dlink_driver_name>

then try the ifconfig command to set an address for it... it might also help to learn the syntax of ifconfig (man ifconfig)

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1

regards,
mark.

simply goto yer nic's website and check to see if they are compliant with linux.