How do I make Mandrake reconise my on board NIC on my sony laptop

so yeah... I have mandrake, and i really know nothing about linux, im currently running a dual boot, but i have an on board nic becuase its a laptop, and i need to know how to make linux see it... any help would be great!

Well, first off, let's see what the nic is, and then if the kernel loaded a driver for it. To find out the first thing, as root from a Konsole or Xterm or whatever:

lspcidrake

And post that back here, or really... the line that says: Ethernet Controller

Then let's see what modules are loaded:

/sbin/lsmod

And post that too.

Cheers,

Finegan

Vendor=0x8086 Device=0x1031 (NETWORK_ETHERNET unknown) SubVendor=0x104d SubDevice=0x8142

Module Size Used by
soundcore 2800 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport_probe 3536 0 (autoclean)
parport_pc 7568 1 (autoclean)
lp 5552 0 (autoclean)
parport 7744 1 (autoclean)
irda 80304 1
ds 6448 2
i83265 22928 2
pcmcia_core 45984 0 [ds i82365]
supermount 14224 2 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 7664 0

thanks so far

Okay, there's nothing loaded for it so far and lspcidrake's output fed into google brings up just this page... man Mandrake screwed the pooch switching that thing around.

We'll have to find out the ethernet chipset the hard way, what's the make and model of the laptop and possibly... a link to the model's webpage from the manufacturer site.

Bloody heck.

Sorry about the HUGE lag in reply, 1 day no inet access followed by a 3 day furious cramb session for a job interview.

Cheers,

Finegan