[X4U] Ethernet out??

[Milton van der Veen]

Craig,

Check out Net Monitor.

<http://homepage.mac.com/rominar/net.html>

It has many ways of displaying network activity, but I like it in the 
menu bar.

Milton

On Oct 28, 2004, at 2:27 PM, Craig Hoffman wrote:

> speaking of network connections... I wish Apple would build into Tiger 
> or Panther a network connection icon that shows your connection 
> activity.    Not an app. But something similar to the Windoze 
> counterpart, like the two little computers that light up with there is 
> activity (lower right corner on a 2000/XP box).   In my mind this 
> would be handy.
>
>
> On Oct 28, 2004, at 1:01 PM, 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
>> Mophilly & Associates
>> On the web at http://www.mophilly.com
>> On the phone at 619 444-9210
>>
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