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Some Linux and Unix distros use other ids for the network card. Solaris for example uses pcn0, and FreeBSD uses fxp0, but then I have never seen a linux distro use anything other than eth0 except for wireless which would be wlan0. I would suggest to use the "ifconfig -a" switch so that it can tell you all NIC even if they do not have an IP address. You can also try "ifconfig eth0 up".
I would say that your NIC is not setup then. I have never had that NIC before, but a quick little google shows me that some have had issues. I would research for linux drivers for your chipset. My quick little google make me think that you may just need to run "modprobe rtl8139" as the root user. At least the output may show you something.
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