[G4] Help! Dead built in ethernet on G4 450DP?

[k s d]

Hi Erik, I remember when 10.2.8 came out there were people reporting 
problems, so I waited..
I think the second release by Apple was on 10/3 and I used Software update 
to download it
on 10/7... I'm still thinking it could be the problem. Sorry to hear you had 
so many to deal with.
I found some discussions on MacNN that refers to replacing the 
AppleGMACEthernet.kext in the
System/Library/Extensions folder from 10.2.8 with 10.2.6's .kext file.. Is 
this the file you're
refering to? Someone there had a link to it and I downloaded it. I'll have a 
chance tonight to
see if it works - That is if it's the patch you're talking about.
Weekdays are really hard for me becasue of time constraints and this one has 
really messed up
my schedule for jobs that I'm working on... If I can't figure it out this 
weekend, I'll have to try
a PCI ethernet card. I just really hate to add-on anything that's not 
needed... ever since
I installed the Sonnet Tempo Ata133 card, I get Kernal Panics (but not 
often).. where the
screen dims and tells you to restart the computer in 6 languages (or 
whatever).

Ok.. I'm off to Amazon to buy the Linksys router before finally getting 
started here at work..

Thanks to everyone who've contributed and continue to help to find a 
solution here...
-Kevin


>From: Erik Gilchrist <erikgil at metagrafix.com>
>Reply-To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>Subject: Re: [G4] Help! Dead built in ethernet on G4 450DP?
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:35:15 -0500
>
>
>On Jan 22, 2004, at 7:48 PM, Power Macintosh G4 List wrote:
>
>>From: "k s d" <ksd003 at hotmail.com>
>>Subject: [G4] Help! Dead built in ethernet on G4 450DP?
>>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:30:44 -0500
>>Message-ID: <Sea2-F8OFXZ3mcrwPBh0003d7ae at hotmail.com>
>>
>>Hi all. I went home last night and wasn't able to connect to the internet
>>with either my browser
>>or mail. I've had RR service for about 3 months with no problems until 
>>last
>>night. I sat on the phone
>>w/tech support for about 3 hours troubleshooting and re-troubleshooting.
>>Finally they said that
>>they would send someone out today. After I hung up I disconnected the 
>>cable
>>modem and took
>>it over to my PC, set it up and it connects fine.
>>I'm running OS 10.2.8, but if I boot into OS 9.2 it doesn't connect 
>>either.
>>I've read that there
>>were problems with 10.2.8, but I installed it on Oct 7 and there had been 
>>no
>>signs of problems
>>until now.
>>
>
>10.2.8 update had two releases. The first one did me fine on my machine 
>(dual 867) but as a consultant, reports of ethernet failure on certain mac 
>models as well as servers made me rethink a policy. I had to run around and 
>do the ethernet patch before the second 10.2.8 hit the streets.  Not fun.
>
>Especially nice was apple not acknowledging it publicly for at least 4 
>days. Ya say 4 days is ok? Try telling that to people who need to work, 
>servers that go down, and the like. 4 days of hell.
>
>If you can re-install the 10.2.8 update, the second one(current) did fix a 
>lot of issues where ethernets would get hosed totally (and this is not a 
>minor issue in the admin community!) did fix the first 10.2.8.  What a 
>fumble on the Apple team. I do hope somebody got fired. A minor update did 
>kill ethernet ports essentially killing all traffic that a desktop or a 
>server needed.
>
>Re-installing the second 10.2.8 update more than once is sometimes needed. 
>There are patches out because of the first 10.2.8 update. I may be able to 
>still find them.
>
>Please contact me off-lis and I will locate the patcht. I Came out of 
>lurking because this was a sore spot.
>
>e
>
>
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