> Drivers were included on a CD. The card worked with Tiger, no sweat. > Ran into some snags with OS 9, but my wireless router CD helped bail > me out. Actually, it might have helped me configure Tiger as well. I > don't recall having to do much of anything manually. (What I tried > failed, anyway).
Realtek is perhaps the only manufacturer which has developed OS 9 drivers for its 10/100/1000 card. You have to dig really deeply to find those drivers, however. Realtek developed the 10.4 driver first, then the 10.3 driver, and, finally, the OS 9 driver. The 10.4 driver appears to work fine on 10.5. Been there, done that. Anyway, the Realtek 8169 card is supported OOTB by MacOS from 10.2 on, so I really wonder why Realtek bothered developing a driver for 10.3 and 10.4/10.5. No 10.6 driver exists as 10.6 doesn't support PPC Macs. I used to run a half-dozen Realtek 8169 card in my Shuttles, until I discovered how to hack the Yukon2 kext to support the on-board Marvell 88E8056. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
