[CUBE] Busted Ethernet

[James Knight]

Daft question for you - have you checked the cables?

I had a duff ethernet cable not long ago.

HTH

James


on 10/3/03 12:35 pm, Seb at outlaw at joseywales.com wrote:

> 
> I know there have been posts about this before, but I've looked through the
> archive and haven't found a satisfactory answer...
> 
> I have a Cube with 10.2.4 installed, and the Ethernet doesn't work. I'm not
> even getting connection lights on the router.
> 
> When I boot up, the computer pauses for a little while on "Initialising
> network" - and at this stage I have lights on the router. After about 15
> seconds, it gives up and continues booting up, and the lights go out.
> 
> Occasionally, it gets past the initialisation stage, only for the lights to
> go out when the desktop loads.
> 
> I've tried zapping the PRAM a few times (the first time, I thought I'd fixed
> it - I got an ethernet connection, but when I tried pinging, only about 1 in
> 3 pings were getting through.
> 
> Can anyone please help? I'm either interested in getting the ethernet port
> working, or connecting something like a USB-ethernet adapter (are there any
> compatible with OS X?). For a number of reasons, AirPort is not an option.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Seb
> 
> 
> 
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