Description of problem: RHEL 5.1 doesn't recognize the RTL8111/8168B onboard network Card. RHEL 5.1 (kernel 2.6.18-53.el5) does not detect or configure this NIC. On Fedora 8 with kernel 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 the kernel's r8169 driver correctly identified and configured the on-board NIC. Please backport the driver to RHEL. See also: http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8111b
lspci -v info of this card: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 368c Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 209 I/O ports at d800 [size=256] Memory at feaff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at feac0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [48] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable- Capabilities: [60] Express Endpoint IRQ 0 Capabilities: [84] Vendor Specific Information
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