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I've booted the OS for the first time today, using a frugal install with GRUB bootloader.
It works fine, but no network access. The system seems to only recognize a number of other Intel networking chipsets, there are two driver choices but mine isn't there.

I don't have a screen shot but this is my network hardware (I can't log on to this site from Kolibri without any internet):

Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville) [8086:1502] (rev 04)

I downloaded zipfile with the driver from the Intel website, is there a way to implement it from within the Kolibri OS?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en ... ducts.html

https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/ ... ive/3.8.7/

• ▶—— BASE SYSTEM ——◀
  
  PC Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
  Product Name: OptiPlex 790
  
  Motherboard Vendor: Dell Inc.
  Product Name: 0D28YY
  
  BIOS Vendor: Dell Inc.
  Version: A13
  Release Date: 04/02/2012
  
  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
  Min/Max Speed: 1600/3400 MHz
  Current Speed of Core 0:2457 MHz, 1:1625 MHz, 2:1870 MHz, 3:3227 MHz
  Core Count: 4
  Thread Count: 4

Hello. KolibriOS is not based on the Linux kernel, so this driver cannot be run. However, I could try porting it, but I don't have that kind of hardware to test .

turbocat wrote:... KolibriOS is not based on the Linux kernel, so this driver cannot be run ...

Would it be simplest for me to find a network card that is compatible with the software?
Then install the card in my box, in order to implement one of the existing drivers?

If so, are there one or more of the network drivers that are most reliable?

How feasible would that be?

Realtek RTL8139

Hi! It's easier to port the driver from Minix provided that the PCI_DEVICE_ID matches.
https://elixir.ortiz.sh/minix/latest/so ... /net/e1000

Porting driver from Linux may be very difficult.

sober_dev wrote:Realtek RTL8139

Do you have a source for a PCI express card with that chipset?
The closest I could find was the RTL8111. Also, I am seeing a good number of RTL811H cards - but do not know if they are similar or the same chipset with a different name.

Kelikaku
Souce codes

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i8254x driver can be considered KolibriOS equivalent of linux e1000 driver.
(In a much simplified form, it does not have so many features but supports many of the same devices)

Your device is not recognised because it is not in our list of known working devices for the i8254x driver, but it could well be that it simply works after adding it to this list. (Much like Doczom suggested in your other thread.)

hidnplayr wrote:i8254x driver can be considered KolibriOS equivalent ... )

I just installed the new network card with the RTL8169SC chipset. The system recognized it, and a popup message says "network connected." I think the RTL8169 is backward compatible with the RTL8139, it is designed for 32-bit systems. So the driver for the RTL8169 seems to be natively installed, but the browser still isn't connecting to the web?

So at least the new network card is connected to & recognized by the OS, but now, how do I get the browser to go online?

I will post a few screenshots later.

Kelikaku wrote:I just installed the new network card with the RTL8169SC chipset. The system recognized it, and a popup message says "network connected." I think the RTL8169 is backward compatible with the RTL8139, it is designed for 32-bit systems. So the driver for the RTL8169 seems to be natively installed

Realtek 8139 family of cards is quite different then Realtek 8169 family.
That is why both are supported by a separate driver in KolibriOS.
There is no backwards compatibility with RTL8139 in the RTL8169 hardware that I know of, or any limitation to 32 or 64-bit systems.

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hidnplayr wrote:... Realtek 8139 family of cards is quite different than Realtek 8169 ... That is why both are supported by a separate driver in KolibriOS. ...

UPDATE:
New card is installed. New card is working, able to go online. I just ordered another card with another Realtek chipset. According to MFG that chipset is RTL8168E. Hopefully this can work better. Also got new RAM, since the box has mismatched RAM chips and only needs 4GB to reach maximum memory.