[G4] Broken built-in ethernet port on Mirrored Doors dual G4

[Mel Krewall]

Many cheap Ethernet cards will work with the Mac, Realtek makes a 
chipset that many card makers use that is natively compatible. Internet 
searches will turn up brands that will work.
Good luck,
Mel

"It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is 
when one is playing golf."
~ Robert Lynd

On Mar 30, 2005, at 10:36 PM, Jim Robertson wrote:

> HELP!!!!
>
> My 16 and 18 year old sons share a Mirrored Doors (second generation) 
> dual
> 1.25 GHz G4. Tonight, one of them called to me from his computer and 
> said
> "what happened to the internet?" I wandered over and discovered that 
> the
> RJ45 receptacle for the ethernet cable was loose in its housing. The
> "Network" panel of System Preferences tells me that the cable isn't 
> plugged
> in, although it IS plugged in -- the jack is damaged.
>
> I imagine I can send the computer off to Apple, and they'll likely 
> replace
> the entire motherboard, or perhaps I can purchase a PCI card. Of course
> there are 10/100 BaseT cards available for Wintel boxes for $10-$15, 
> but I
> assume I'll need to install drivers, and of course there won't BE any 
> for
> the Mac. There's an Asante card for the Mac ($25) listed at Small Dog
> Electronics, but it says compatibility up to OS X 10.1.
>
> I've already tried an AirPort card in this machine, and it didn't 
> work. I
> have no idea why not. I tried two separate cards; both worked in a 
> TiBook,
> and neither worked in this box. That was a year ago.
>
> So, who has a suggestion for me?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Jim Robertson
>
>
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