At 3:23 PM -0700 7/16/2011, [email protected] wrote:
In the process of trying different changes, configurations etc. with
limited understanding. My ethernet port on my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz
simply quit working.
[snip]
configurations around some more but this time I was careful to shut
down the boxes or sleep the computers before un and re plugging the
ethernet cable.
[snip]
Last figuring that there was probably no chance I ran the set up on
my QS and Lo and Behold the ethernet port is working again.
Has anyone any ideas about what happened to cause this port to quit
like this and then come back?
Ethernet can be twitchy. It's supposed to be hot pluggable, but if
there's any static around, the surge / spike can damage the ports
involved. In a sometimes futile attempt to protect from damage, if
the software driver detects a problem it immediately shuts down the
port... and it won't come back until the Mac is rebooted.
- Dan.
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