Marc Sira wrote:
>
> Brian Harding wrote:
>
> >The 280c seems to automatically recognise the e/net in the Dock Plus (where
> >it should always expect to find the same e/net hardware fitted as standard
> >in all Pluses) but not in the 'standard' dock (which might or might not
> >have been fitted with an e/net card when new).
>
> >Perhaps I need an 'extra' driver (in addition to those installed by 7.6.1)
> >for the e/net card??
>
> The ethernet hardware in the Dock II or Plus shipped with the unit,
> so it's supported by an Apple driver that's part of the OS
> distribution ("Apple Built-in Ethernet" or something like that - this
> is actually a lot of drivers for a lot of 68k Macs all bundled into
> one extension). The card you have in your Dock I is either
> third-party or a rebranded Apple card that requires an extra driver.
> The best way to find out who made the card, what model it is, and
> thus where you need to look for the driver, is to simply open the
> Dock and take it out for a peek. Hopefully whoever made it will still
> have a driver installer for it on their site, or someone on the list
> will have the same card.
Alternatively, some versions of the Apple System Profiler can provide
this information...
-Laurent.
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