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Hi All, Just curious about this and if there is a way to get it working. I'm putting together an Albatron Nvidia nforce2 chipset motherboard and can't seem to get the nic working. Nice fast setup though. Installed AthlonXP 3200+ Barton core cpu with WD Caviar 160GB SATA hard drive & 2 gigs of ram. Very surprising speed results from the SATA drive and nforce2 chipset! SuSE 9.2 sets up the chipset nicely, SATA works wonderfully, USB, etc. but the nic just doesn't seem to want to come alive. Things I've found in my research. Found a few emails in the archive about it, usually with the 2.4 kernel. Most suggest forgetting it and getting a good nic card to install. Some have tried the Nvidia drivers (stupid closed source stuff) and had no better luck. Other Google searches seem to produce reviews and other damning emails about closed source drivers and non-working nics. I couldn't find nvnet or whatever module is needed in the 2.6 kernel either, so wondering if anyone here can offer any insight into the problem or a remedy? TIA, Lee -- --- KMail v1.7.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 "Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!"