[SGVLUG] ubuntu and on board realtek NIC issues

[matti]

> 
> Maybe temporarily install a known-good NIC, borrowing it
> from another
> machine if necessary?
> 
> Alternatively of course you can download what you need
> using another
> machine and then write it to some removable medium that the
> Ubuntu
> machine can read.

the temp NIC idea seems like a good one, now to 
dig thru my old NIC stash ;)

another ref notes that the Realtek driver may not
be able to do 1Gb  :(
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1692795.html

thanks
matti