I'm running Red Hat 7.3. I'm a newbie to Linux. Recently, I bought a D-Link DFE530TX network card. Do anyone know how to compile the driver come together with this card. Pls explain to me the steps starting from installing the kernel-source RPM to compiling the driver & lastly installing the driver as a module. I have tried to compile this driver but unsuccessful with a lot of errors appeared. Thanx!

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I'll move your thread to the Hardware Forum where this question is likely to get more of the attention it deserves

Cool

I too am having problems compiling the driver for the DFE-530-TX. It's crap. Does anyone know of a better card?

DFE-530 via-rhine (original board, no Wake-on-LAN, no problems)
DFE-530+ rtl8139 (a 8139B w/ Wake-on-LAN)

I too am trying to install the same driver but on a CentOS v 5,

Im assuming it will be the same as on the RHEL.

Thanks in advance.

Kinda an old thread that never got answers, but...

if you do an
and get something like this:
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
(Most important is the RTL-8139...stuff)

then you have
DFE-530+ rtl8139 (a 8139B w/ Wake-on-LAN) (according to achaoge). Driver to load is: 8139too

to do that:
if that doesn't work, try this:

or other variations of something like that (including not modprobing one of them). Keep in mind this will probably have to be done as root.

As for the other type of card, the driver to insert should be via-rhine

**perhaps your kernel does not have these drivers**

Ill try that when I get back