Cant download drivers! HELP PLEASE!

[AlbertP]

Your Internet response is so slow because the incorrect driver was sent out in your Linux distro. You have the RealTek rtl8111/8168 chip, but chances are that your Linux is using the /8169 driver.

The r8169 driver was supported by Realtek as a unified Linux driver for all their modern network chips. For most chips (including the "8101E/8102E" of my laptop) it's working right, but for the 8111/8168 there's a better driver available.

[DrHu]

http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/dow ... wn=false#2
the file i downloaded is the last one: Linux driver for kernel 2.4.x (Support x86 and x64) from site 6 hk1

One of the issues already addressed is that the incorrect driver is being used
The newer versions of mint are past the Linux 2.4x kernels..
--we are now at Linux kernel 3.xx

And nobody has asked you this, but can you type in a terminal

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uname -a

--to show the kernel name of your installed OS..

Also for ubuntu/Mint, there is a build essential package, that gets enough kernel headers to allow compilation from source files, the default ubuntu installation didn't offer that option (being able to compile from source)
--I expect they wanted everyone simply to use their package manager, and click & choose for install or uninstall, and they have kept updating the look and options, just as Mint has done with their package manager version (on the GUI, desktop mode)