On 2018-08-04 10:54, huw wrote:
Hi everyone
I have recently started dual booting with Windows 7 and encountered a nasty bug with the Windows driver for my PC's integrated NIC (Realtek) that is making dual booting an even bigger headache than it already is. After exhausting the solutions I found online, I've decided to just order a new NIC and plug it into a spare PCI slot.
The new NIC is made by TP LINK. Am I being hopelessly optimistic to assume that when it's plugged in and my ethernet cable connected to it, it will be automatically detected and configured? If not, what do I need to do to use the new NIC? I am running Tumbleweed and the Plasma desktop. Many thanks in advance.
I don't think automatic. Probably you have to start YaST network settings module (system section), and in the overview tab you should see two nicks, one the old, one the new. You simply have to "edit" the new one and choose your settings. The tab at the right here is "hardware settings". If you want to use network manager, you have to say so in the first window, first tab. Should be easy. Sometimes I had a bit of a row to tell it to ignore the bad ethernet. Maybe instead of edit, hit delete on that one. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)