[CUBE] Busted Ethernet

[Seb]

Yes it's the same cable that works fine for my G4 tower...

Interesting, though - I've just booted and managed to get a connection (as
listed below - only 1 in 3 pings getting through). This is when connected
direct to my Netgear gateway router. But if I put a Kingston 10/100 Ethernet
switch in between them, I get full connectivity.

Maybe there's some sort of packet collision that isn't being handled right
by the switch in the router - although all my other computers work fine with
it.

Curiouser and curiouser...


> From: James Knight <j.knight at kb-group.co.uk>
> Reply-To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:59:49 +0000
> To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [CUBE] Busted Ethernet
> 
> 
> 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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