NIC config question?

does the stock debian I386 binary come with a driver that works with the older dlink de-528 card? i've tried others but none seam to work, ... i also have a intel 21143 chip on the mother board but that also seems to be unsupported (at least on the standard distro). any help would be apprec

Newbie-xwindows graphics server?

I have a ATI 3D RAGE LT PRO that is driving a flat panel monitor,  I cant seem to find any video settings that work with this hardware?  has anyone used something similar?  the refresh rate is static at 60hz and uses resolutions 1024x768 800x600 640x480.  also is it advisable to use 32bit co