Problem in detecting newly plugged network card [SOLVED]

[asankaan]

Hi,

I plugged a new Realtek 8139 to my gentoo pc & i configured /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 by adding '8139too'.
I've configured the existing onboard card as eth0 & it is working fine.
My problem i can't use the new card as eth1. it gives an error saying device is missing when i try ifconfig eth1
lspci -v shows that the 8139too module is loaded for the card.

Any help highly appreciated.

Asanka

[defenderBG]

so... take a look at ifconfig -a to see all available adapters. it is possible that for some reason the new card has a different name then eth1.
if it does not work, remove te 8139too from the autoload, restart. when you are logged in, modprobe 8139too and post the output of dmesg| tail

[asankaan]

Yes, it worked!
the new NIC has been found as eth5

Thanks
Asanka