From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Matt Hemingway" Subject: Re: Ethernet Interface Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 18:02:10 -0800 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <20040210015340.21105.qmail@web40411.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040210015340.21105.qmail@web40411.mail.yahoo.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Mike Ni , linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Shorter answer is yes. The driver used will be different.BUT, the good news is when you go through the install of the distro of Linux that you decide to use, the actual driver that will get used will most likely be installed automagically. Meaning, you might not have to worry about what driver is being used (although it might be usefull to know later on in life). What brand NIC do you have? Since it's a Dell, I'm guessing either Intel, Cnet or Broadcom. -matt On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:53:40 -0800 (PST) Mike Ni wrote: >Hey Everyone, > >I want to convert a window based desktop (DELL/Window >XP Professional) to a linux based station. > >Do I need to get a new driver so that I can continue >to use the ethernet interface? The same ethernet >interface has been working pretty well under Window >XP. Yet, I am not sure whether I need new driver so >that the same card can be managed by Linux. > >Thanks! >Mikey > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe >linux-admin" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >