[CUBE] Weird ethernet thing

[Rick Rodman]

The Cube is basically the same as the PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics 
(Sawtooth), which is a very common machine.  They shouldn't need a Cube 
to isolate the problem, nor is it likely the problem has anything to do 
with the Cube design.

On Saturday, June 7, 2003, at 05:12 PM, Richard Clark wrote:

>
> On Sabato, giu 7, 2003, at 22:25 Europe/Rome, David Goetzka wrote:
>
>> I'm helping a friend troubleshoot a problem he's having. He uses 
>> Mac's exclusively in his company. Everything from Beige G3's to the 
>> latest PowerMac G4 towers running some with Mac OS 9.2.2 and most 
>> running 10.2.6. He also has 3 cubes. Every Mac in the shop connects 
>> to his 4-Sight Fax server with no problems. One of the Cubes can 
>> connect, but it is running 9.2.2. The other two Cubes are running 
>> Jaguar and can't connect and receive faxes. I can send faxes, but 
>> can't receive. As a side note, the software is Java based. ...
>> oblem by using ifconfig to change the MTU (maximum transmission unit) 
>> from the default of 1500.
>>
>> Again, 4-Sight works on all Macs except the 2 Cubes running Jaguar. 
>> All the Cubes have the same firmware and or stock 450 MHz with the 
>> exception of video, ram, and hard drive upgrades. They are running 
>> the latest versions of Java. All the Cubes connect to all other 
>> services on the network and can file share, surf and email with no 
>> problems.
>> ...
>
> are you sure the ethernet is working did you try plugging it in 
> directly somewhere?
> Does this fax server use appletalk or something maybe that needs to be 
> turned on?
> Richard