OpenSuse Driver Plugins
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I've got an HP DC5750S with a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
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Someone's got to ask this, so it might as well be me... Is this for use at a college radio station?
Seriously though, if you use a different distro, perhaps Ubuntu, via a live CD, does it find the network card? Broadcom's typically very multi-OS compatible.
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Should be the b44 module.
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Use a different Distro? Whic would you suggest?
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Why is it that Windows didn't install on there? Did you mention needing a NIC to get windows working?
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This has been dragging on long enough. If replacing the PC isn't an option, add in a different NIC. If replacing the PC is an option, replace it.
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I'll be adding in a NIC, then. Unless running it on good 'ol XP is better.
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Windows 8.1 doesn't support a driver?
Do XP for now. Not a big deal.
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Mike Ralston, I dub thee Slade02.
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Widnows 8.1 doesn't support it. Windows 7 is supposed to, but doesn't. We know it worked on XP, but we don't have any liscenses for XP. With the support ending soon, will that be an issue?
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@Mike-Ralston said:
Widnows 8.1 doesn't support it. Windows 7 is supposed to, but doesn't. We know it worked on XP, but we don't have any liscenses for XP. With the support ending soon, will that be an issue?
Isn't there a license sticker right on the box?
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@Mike-Ralston said:
Widnows 8.1 doesn't support it. Windows 7 is supposed to, but doesn't. We know it worked on XP, but we don't have any liscenses for XP. With the support ending soon, will that be an issue?
I have never heard of any NICs not being supported in Windows. At all. Ever.
http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/downloaddrivers.php
Considering they have NDIS drivers for the NICs, it's a safe bet it will work in any version of Windows you throw at it. For [moderated] sake, they have legacy drivers for Windows 95.
And the link has RPMs for both RedHat and SuSE.
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@scottalanmiller Nope. @PSX_Defector The website and all sources say the driver is supported, but the pregram itself says it isnt when it installs.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@scottalanmiller Nope. @PSX_Defector The website and all sources say the driver is supported, but the pregram itself says it isnt when it installs.
That probably means that the NIC is dead.
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Well, we've got a new nic. I'll see if we can't get Windows 7 back on it if that will work well.
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Good luck.
