Realtek ethernet doesnt work

[swamilfy]

Hi..I am havin a vaio laptop with intel pro wireless ethernet n realtek 8139/810x famile fast ethernet.I am using WinXP n RHEL5 in my system.I am unable to connect internet..my ethernet doesnt get activated..dunno wat to do but it works fines in XP.Can sumone help me out??

[MikeTbob]

If you are sure it's an 8139 chipset then you can use this command to verify you have the module loaded.

lsmod |grep 8139

If you get no joy, then try loading the module manually:

modprobe 8139

or

modprobe 8139too

You won't see any output if the module loads correctly, but again, use the above command to see if it loaded

lsmod |grep 8139

Then try to get your network going, and do let us know how you get on.

[swamilfy]

mii-tool cmd fetches an output that no mii interfaces found..

[swamilfy]

also on booting,while it checks for eth interface,it displays tat 8139too does nt seem to be present

[MikeTbob]

Can you post the exact error messages please?

[swamilfy]

This the error message :

Bringing up eth0 interface: 8139too device eth0 does not seem to be present delaying initialisation.
[FAILED]

[swamilfy]

one more thing,when i restart the network service following error msg appears,

Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0: 8139too device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
[FAILED]
Bringing up interface data: [FAILED]

[MikeTbob]

Can you issue this command, so we can see exactly which chipset you are using:
lspci |grep net
Try doing this as root and please Post the output here.

[swamilfy]

the output is

06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)


I think i ve wrongly diagonised my ethernet..so wat must i do 2 make it up n running..???