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if you run "lspci | grep net" it will give you an output similar to this below :
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (LOM)
That is going to be the chipset that your ethernet card runs on. For the above example google would quickly tell you that the proper driver for linux for that chipset would be the e1000 driver.
The most common drivers for lower end network cards that I've seen tend to be either 8139too , 8139cp, via-rhine, eepro, or eepro100. Sis900 is also a popular chipset found on intergrated network controllers on modern motherboards.
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