On Sep 10, 2008, at 7:50 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
> I think it's unlikely you could delete an entire Apple ethernet kext > and still retain functionality of the Asanté card, but perhaps I'm > wrong if the Asanté has it's own dedicated kext. Under Tiger, I decided to brave getting rid of the System > Library > Extensions> AppleMaceEthernet.kext in an effort to rid my system of trying to connect (or simply acknowledge) a fried on-board ethernet port (en0) (associated with the terminology "Mace"). The Network > Network Port Configurations > "Built-in ethernet" is now grayed out. Startup seems to be smoother as far as my Asanté DECchip 21140 getting its (en1) attention as solo ethernet route (no (en0) shows up now in Network Utility). It is acknowledged, assigned an ethernet address, and is set as PASS in the log. In particular: Oct 7 10:09:34 localhost kernel[0]: DEC21x4: Ethernet address 00:00:94:a1:d1:c2 and Oct 7 10:09:38 localhost kernel[0]: DEC21x4: 10BaseT Link PASS Although there still seems to be some issues (continuing working on reading the logs). > > Again, I don't understand "what" or "how" an unused, disconnected port > is "connecting" to? If there is no cat5 cable attached, even if the > port is shown as active in Network System Preferences, it shouldn't be > doing anything, unless the "fried" thing you've mentioned is somehow > causing a spurious false activation? Certainly it should be > independent of the Asanté card's port, meaning it shouldn't interfere > with the ability of the Asanté card to be recognized or connect if > properly configured. I also thought I might need to get rid of something (Apple related kext-s) in IONetworkingFamily.kext such as AppleGMACEthernet.kext and/ or AppleBMacEthernet.kext, but I have left them alone at present. The Asanté chip has its own kext: Apple_DEC21x4Ethernet.kext, as do several other chips. For my information: how do I get the AppleMaceEthernet.kext back into the Extensions folder? After making sure the Permissions was returned to system Read & Write and wheel Read Only, as the others around it are, I can copy it into the Extensions folder with Authentication, but on Startup, it says it was installed improperly and cannot be used. Even after I Repair Permissions. I believe my Asanté 10/100 PCI card is connecting on Startup, and the on-board ethernet is being left alone ... but I am continuing to observe its behavior over the next few Startups. I feel this is an interesting topic, at least for those of us who have fried ethernet ports on the mobo. Thanks for Listening, Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
