Network card on board

Hey all,
I'm planning to buy a new computer but as I'm new with slack I can't buy any hardware because i'll not be able to solve some kinds of "troubles".
Actually, I'm using a off board network card, and i make it working using ifconfig. I'd like to know if I buy a on board card it'll be so easy to install or if i'll have to do something more?

Thank you, All the best,

The standard warning will always be: stay away from stuff that's brand-new.
Don't buy a board with a chipset that isn't at least six months older than
the kernel on your installation media. Safest bets are intel epro 10/100/1000
and the realtek 8139 family.

I'm not saying that a newer board won't work at all, it just is less likely to
be hassle-free...


Cheers,
Tink

Hi Tinkster, thank you for the advice and the reply.

I won't buy anything brand new(even if I wanna something like that it won't be possible 'cause i'm in Brazil)

My worry is about buy a motherboard with network card on board and i won't be able to make it work. what do you think?

All the best,

In the unlikely event that the onboard nic doesn't work, you can always disable it in the bios and use your pci card nic instead.
Better still, do your research before you buy. Simple google search with motherboard model no. and 'linux' will soon tell you if there are compatibility issues

tobyl

I'm thinking about Asus p5vdc-x, i looked at the asus site and there's a lan driver support for linux. i hope it's enough what do you think?

All the best,

http://www.keylabs.com/linux/results/asus_p5vdc-x.html

Looks good to me :}


Cheers,
Tink

I was looking for some tutorial that explain something about modules(insmod,modprobe,rc.d, etc....)
I don't know how to handle things like this and maybe i'll have to use this knowledgment to make the network card run, anyone has some tuto about it?

All the best,

The board you are looking at uses
Realtek RTL8201CL 10/100 Ethernet LAN PHY
which I read is supported from kernel-2.6.14 onwards

modprobe uli526x would insert the module if it was not detected at install

really I think you can do some googling and find loads of info for yourself. If it is your first time with Slackware, you could do worse than read here:

http://slackbook.lizella.net/html/book.html

tobyl

Tobyl, thank you so much for the tutorial... I'll start to read it now.

Anyone of you use msn? for those that uses my e-mail is z_a_m_i_r@hotmail.com. It'll be a pleasure to have another linux user there to chat.

Thank you,