Realtek ALC8201cl

Has anyone got a Realtek ALC8201 nic working? Is there a driver?
This is the onboard for an Asus A8N-VM I bought last January 2007. I 
subbed a Realtek 8139 to get it working. I want the slot for a SB card 
(Onboard  video also  does not work). I need the 'other' slot for a dual 
headed ATI video.  TIA.
EDGAR (2nd Post attempt). 

Hi Edgar

Edgar Scrutton wrote:
> Has anyone got a Realtek ALC8201 nic working? Is there a driver?
> This is the onboard for an Asus A8N-VM I bought last January 2007. I 
> subbed a Realtek 8139 to get it working. I want the slot for a SB card 
> (Onboard  video also  does not work). I need the 'other' slot for a dual 
> headed ATI video.  TIA.
> EDGAR (2nd Post attempt).



A quick search on 
http://www.realtek.com.tw/search/default.aspx?keyword=ALC8201  suggests 
that you have something wrong as the result was:-

Search: ALC8201
.... 	Sorry! There is no data found. Please try another keyword.


Usually Realtek components starting with ALC are something to do with 
audio, nics usually start with RTL.


The Asus A8N-VM specs page 
http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=231&l4=0&model=76
8&modelmenu=2
gives the nic as RTL8201.

You may find that as this is a PHY device that the actual nic driver 
required is that for the nVidia nForce410 chipset in use so give the 
nveth driver a go 
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/network/nveth-0.0.4.zip


Not sure if SNAP supports the video chipset in use, SNAP318 does mention 
support for GeForce 6200 and 6600 Series though.


Onboard sound may work with a very recent/current UniAud that has HDA 
support.


Hope the above helps

Thanks for the response. 
As for: "Usually Realtek components starting with ALC are something to do 
with audio, nics usually start with RTL." ,  I believe you are correct. I 
have been messing around with both nic and sound and must have erred . 

I downloaded the Nveth files and then something very interesting happened.
I copied the nveth.* to  C:\IBMCOM\MACS\     and started mpts.exe .  When 
I get to the 'configure lan adaptors' and click on 'configure', it 
responds that it  is reading the files but then crashes!.  If I delete the 
nveth files it loads correctly. If I reinstate the nveth files it crashes. 
 It did this several times because I couldn't   believe my    eyes. 

I guess I can edit the Protocol.ini file by hand and see what happens. I 
have a double nic machine at work which I can use as a pattern to get  it 
right   maybe

Peter Brown: 
As to your finding: " Usually Realtek components starting with ALC are 
something to do with audio, nics usually start with RTL"  I agree. You are

correct . I have been messing with both nic and sound. and obviously got 
mixed up. 

I downloaded the nveth.zip. and copied the nveth.* files to 
C:\IBMCOM\MACS\  and ran mpts.exe.  When I got to the 'configure' 'lan 
adaptors' and clicked on configure  mpts responded that it was loading the 
files and then crashed.  If I delete the nveth.* files it loads correctly. 
I this this several times as I could not believe my eyes. 

I suppose I can manually edit the Protocol.ini file. I have a dual nic 
machine at the office which I can use as a pattern ... so maybe I'll get 
it right.(?). 

Let you know, Monday eve.  EDGAR 

I wonder how you missed the thread just before this one (if alfa sorted),
Realtek 8201CL NIC

No, even tread (name) is wrong - it is not a NIC - it is a component that just
changes
phys signals.

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 22:24:08 UTC, edgar.scrutton@allisonstravel.on.ca (Edgar
Scrutton) wrote: 

> 
> I downloaded the nveth.zip. and copied the nveth.* files to 
> C:\IBMCOM\MACS\  and ran mpts.exe.  When I got to the 'configure' 'lan 
> adaptors' and clicked on configure  mpts responded that it was loading the

> files and then crashed.  If I delete the nveth.* files it loads correctly.

> I this this several times as I could not believe my eyes. 

I would have been very helpfull, if you have told us about the
"crash".
look in POPUPLOG.OS2 - if you didn't see anything.

Most likely, it is an OLD MPTS bug you are hitting - TOO MANY *.NIF files
in \IBMCOM\MACS directory.

Try to delete some of the *.nif files, that you never use (99% :-) )

From the MoBo type, I guess nick's nveth driver should work, and
most likely latest GenMac too ...

-- 
  Allan.

It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,