Dan C wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:36:20 +0000, Paul Ingram wrote:
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>
>>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.
>

What I don't understand though is why Vector was showing an eth0 and
eth1. I assumed that it was the two known NICS, but neither one worked
for the D-Link. However, when I put the patch cable in the Realtek it
worked.