Check to see if the connection is 10 or 100, apparently there is a documented problem with that machine an it only connects at 10 bps, otherwise you have to be really close to the source (as lenght of cable). Probably the reason you can connect with airport. good luck --- Eric Richardson <lbyron at comcast.net> wrote: > Recently I rebuilt my snow dual usb iBook 500 MHz G3 > disk, with 640 > MB and an airport card, and wiped it clean, > reinstalled Jag to 10.2.8 > and Classic to 9.2. Since I rebuilt it I can't get > it to connect to > the LAN over the ethernet port, even tho the > settings are all the > same as a G4 iBook that I can connect with. In > addition I can connect > to the net via the airport card. > > Does anyone have any suggestions that it might be > other than the > actual port having failed? Or is the fix to take it > in and have it > fixed under Apple Care? > > Eric > _______________________________________________ > iBook mailing list > iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250