How to Configure network card (Nvidia Palit MB ) on Linux

1. Download version 1.25 of Linux nForce Drivers (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_archive.html) from archive (I don't know why they have version 1.23 in Unix drivers page)
2. Unzip and install RPM for RHEL5_U1
3. Copy and replace forcedeth.ko from /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.el5/kernel/drivers/net to /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.18.el5/kernel/drivers/net/ (make a backup just in case)
4. Add the following lines to /etc/modprobe.conf (replace eth0 for whatever is yours)
alias eth0 forcedeth
options forcedeth msi=0 msix=0 dma_64bit=0
5. Remove module if loaded
rmmod forcedeth
6. Install module
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.18.el5/kernel/drivers/net/forcedeth.ko msi=0 msix=0 dma_64bit=0
(you may reboot as well but this is faster for testing)
you should get something like this by dmesg
eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01019:2145 bound to 0000:00:0f.0
7. Configure ifcfg-eth0 (or whatever)
TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
If you don't know your MAC then forget about that line and do ifconfig eth0 up