On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:36:20 +0000, Paul Ingram wrote:

> For fear of sounding "anal" here I try my best anyway. It seems to me
> that I sould only be showing 2 cards, the Realtek and the D-Link. I am
> running Windows right now because I am working, but the device manager
> in Windows shows the same thing, here it is:
>
> 1. D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev. C)
> 2. Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
> 3. Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI Fast Ehternet NIC # 2

I suspect that #3 in that list is simply a second instance of the Realtek
NIC. Sometimes Windoze does that, I think. Not sure why, but maybe some
weird VPN stuff. I'd bet you could delete that one in Device Manager, and
forget about it.

> Now unless I am reading this wrong is this not showing me 3 NIC's???
> However on the back I see to. About the why? Well, the Realtek was
> giving me problems so I bought the D-Link and was too lazy to take it
> out. Just being honest.

That's almost too amazing to believe. Dude, don't be lazy. Open up the
box and take one of them out. Really. Right now.

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