This document contains information about  RTL8169 driver for 
Macintosh Power Mac series.  We urge you to read this document to gain some 
understanding of this product. This document address the following topics:

*** The RTL8169 driver does not support the HOT-SWAP functionality of a PC Card.
      Thus you must plug the PC Card into your system before booting and should not 
      remove the PC Card from your system before shuting down. PLEASE DO NOT 
      HOT-SWAP THE PC CARD WHEN YOUR MAC SYSTEM IS RUNNING.

1. Adapter requirement for PCI adapter
2. Adapter requirement for PC Card
3. Software Installation
4. Setting up Open Transport
5. Setting up the TCP/IP

1. Adapter requirement for PCI adapter
1. 1 The NIC on your Ethernet adapter must be RTL8169 series and the Subsystem 
       Vendor ID must be 10ec and the Subsystem ID must be 8169. 
       * You can contact your card provider to get the Subsystem Vendor ID and Subsystem
          ID. Or you can use the following method by yourself to check the Subsystem 
          Vendor ID and Subsystem ID.
          - Select the "Apple System Profiler" from the Apple Menu.
          - Select the "Devices and Volumes" page from the "Apple System Profiler" window.
          - Check the "Card Name" field in the information of the PCI-slot where your ethernet
            adapter is plugged. The content of "Card Name" is in the form of pcixxxx,yyyy where
            xxxx is the Subsystem Vendor ID and yyyy is the Subsystem ID.
1.2 If the Subsystem Vendor ID and Subsystem ID is not 10ec,8169, please contact your
      card provider to get the driver for your adapter or follow the following steps to patch
      our driver to work with your adapter.
      - Get a binary editor to edit the driver.
        *** You can use "General Edit Lite" editor You can download "General Edit Lite" from 	
              ftp://physgi.phy.ncku.edu.tw/pub/mac/editor.
      - Use this editor to open the driver file "RTL8169 Driver".
      - Select "Unlock Data" from the "View" menu item to unlock data of the driver file to 
         enable the editor to modify the driver file.
      - Click on the lower frame to activate the lower frame.
      - Replace all the pci10ec,8169 items with your pcixxxx,yyyy by using the "Replace" 
        function provied in the "Replace" menu item in the  "Find" menu item. 
      - Save the driver file.
      note: "Quadrivio General Edit Lite" is a product of Quadrivio corporation. Please read
               the text file within the "Quadrivio General Edit Lite". You can contact Quadrivio 
               corporation for more information.

2. Adapter requirement for PC Card
2.1 The NIC on your PC Card must be RTL8169 series and the Vendor ID musb be 10ec 
      and the Device ID must be 8169. 
       * You can contact your PC Card provider to get the Vendor ID and Device ID of your
          PC Card. 
2.2 If the Vendor ID and Device ID is not 10ec,8169, please contact your PC Card provider
      to get the driver for your PC Card or follow the following steps to patch our driver to 
      work with your PC Card.
      - Get a binary editor to edit the driver.
        *** You can use "General Edit Lite" editor You can download "General Edit Lite" from 	
              ftp://physgi.phy.ncku.edu.tw/pub/mac/editor.
      - Use this editor to open the driver file "RTL8169 Driver".
      - Select "Unlock Data" from the "View" menu item to unlock data of the driver file to 
         enable the editor to modify the driver file.
      - Click on the lower frame to activate the lower frame.
      - Replace all the pci10ec,8169 items with your pcixxxx,yyyy whree xxxx is the Vendor
        ID and yyyy is the Device ID of your PC Card by using the "Replace" function provided
        in the "Replace" menu item in the  "Find" menu item. 
      - Save the driver file.
      note: "Quadrivio General Edit Lite" is a product of Quadrivio corporation. Please read
               the text file within the "Quadrivio General Edit Lite". You can contact Quadrivio 
               corporation for more information.

3. Software Installation
3.1 Double-click the "Installer" icon in the "RTL8169 Driver for Mac OS" folder. The 
      installer program examines your computer and installs the appropriate driver 
      according to your selection.

4. Setting up the AppleTalk Control Panel
4.1 Select the "Control Panels" from the Apple Menu.
4.2 Select "AppleTalk" from the Control Panels submeu. 
4.3 Click the "Connect via:" dropdown list box to show available communication
		    connections.
4.4 Select the slot where the adapter is installed.
4.5 Close the AppleTalk control panel. A dialog box will appear asking whether you 
		    want to save changes. Click the "Save" button.

5. Setting up the TCP/IP
5.1 Select "Control Panels" from the Apple Menu.
5.2 Select "TCP/IP" from te Control Panels submenu.
5.3 Click the "Connect via:" dropdown list box to show available communication 
		    connections.
5.4 Select the slot where the adapter is installed.
5.5 Close the TCP/IP control panel. A dialog box will appear asking whether you want
		    to save changes. Click the "Save" button.