How do I get my Dlink DFE530TX+ to work?

[redallstars]

How do I get my Dlink DFE530TX+ to work with redhat 8?

[bosox79]

Hello and Welcome to JL:)

We need some more info to better help you like what kind of problems are you having? is RH not seeing the Dlink?

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

I've got two or three of those cards here at the house. I think they use the rt8139too module or something like that. Try doing a Google For Linux (http://www.google.com/linux) search using the terms "DFE530TX" and "rt8139", or just "DFE530TX".

Here's the search for DFE530TX:

http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=DFE530tx&btnG=Google+Search

[redallstars]

So I did some google searching for help. I did learn about the rt8139 file. If I am remebering correctly, from the dlink website, I need to compile the file from a .c to a .o file. But the instructions for doing so are for Redhat 7.1 and 7.2. Since I am completely unexperienced in Redhat, I was wondering if those instructions would work with 8.0. I also tried running a ifconfig -a in the commmand prompt and all I got was the loopback address. I am wondering if the OS isn't recognizing the card. I am using an old pc, it is a HP Pavillion 6370z. Is there some need to move the card to a different port? Or is there a command that I need to run? Most importantly I think I need to convert the .c to a .o, how do I do that?

[mr orion77]

i have one of those cards, it was a pain with debian for me but everything else is fine.
it should be the via.rhine driver i think.

what distro are you using??