[X4U] Ethernet out??

[Paul Moortgat]

Mark,

It's on the motherboard.

Paul Moortgat

On 28-okt-04, at 20:01, Mark Phillips wrote:

> On Oct 28, 2004, at 10:49 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>
>> Can an ethernet on a G4/933 (10.3.5) go broke?  I can't make a 
>> connection.  I changed the cable, but still can't make a connection.
>>
>> Paul Moortgat
>
> Ethernet interface cards (NIC) do fail. NIC's are a very inexpensive 
> part with very low profit margins these days so quality control is 
> dicy in the broad view of things.
>
> More often than NIC failure is a change or error in the network 
> parameters. You probably have done this but have you double checked 
> the network IP, subnet and gateway parameters?
>
> Also, many NIC's have LED's on board that light up with a connection. 
> I haven't had a need to look at the Mac's but it may be worth taking a 
> peek. On the machines I have built the NIC LED's are yellow with power 
> and green with connection; this may not be true for your machine.
>
> HTH,
>
> Mark Phillips
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