Debian: switching network card

[Syngin]

Accidently used the wrong nic in a Debian box I set up a couple of weeks ago (only a 10 megabit nic supported directly by the kernel)

I've added a Realtek 8139 and have it working but its going dog slow. (only 200k/sec on the local network)

Question:
Where in Debian would I alias the rtl8139 (or 8139too) module to eth0? Looks like its still using the old driver.

Also, has anyone noticed an improvement with 8139too over rtl8139?

[Syngin]

*bump*

[sharth]

/etc/modules.something probably. But my box is dead, so I can't look.

[gosam]

/etc/network/interfaces

[sharth]

Originally posted by gosam
/etc/network/interfaces I don't believe for the alias line though. Thats more for setting dhcp or speficial ip addresses or other stuff.

[teeitup]

I would stop networking
Unload the current module and load the new one.
Restart networking

If that new driver is better I would then modify /etc/modules to load the new driver instead of the old one.

eth0 would be assigned to the first network device found. If this is your only NIC you should be set to go.

Good Luck,