From: Dick Staigl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri May 30, 2003 8:07:23 PM US/Central To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Ethernet not connected?
At 12:35 AM -0500 05/29/2003, Dick Staigl wrote:
Two of my four computers (3 Macs + 1 XP machine) access the 'Net flawlessly
via a Toshiba cable modem > Linksys Cable Router > Netgear hub. All of my
seven wired ethernet connections work as my iBook and PM 6500 will gladly
testify. But those other two computers, my PB1400 and my son's HP 520n
repeatedly display errors that claim the ethernet cable is not connected. I
assure you, it is. I have reinstalled the EtherTech driver for the
PowerBook, with no improvement. I've reset the cable modem and router
several times and still the problem persists. Once, last week I did manage
to get the PB1400's TCP/IP auto-configured after a couple of resets. But the
PowerBook doesn't seem to want to hold those settings.
Dan replied: On the PC... tell the NIC to *not* go to sleep. Reboot.
On the PB... Change the TCP/IP control panel to Advanced User Mode, then click on Options and UNCHECK "load only when needed". Reboot.
If that doesn't fix, pls provide more details -- NAT LAN set-up, DHCP settings, OS versions, etc...
- Dan.
Sorry, this was previously sent prematurely.
Thanks for the input, Dan. Unfortunately, neither recommendation resolved my issues. Thus, here's what I've got: Charter Pipeline comes to me via a Toshiba PCX2200 Cable modem. From there a 4 port Linksys BEFSR41 cable/dsl router handles three rooms. Port #1 is vacant because I'm using the Uplink port to link a Netgear EN104TP hub which serves another three rooms. All wiring is run through the walls and connects to Pass & Seymour ethernet wall plates, My iBook 800 has made the rounds to each, and verified all are functioning.
The PowerBook 1400/G3 (NewerTech upgrade), OS 8.6 has worked on the LAN. TCP/IP is set to Connect via: Alternate Ethernet (EtherTech PB10 ethernet card in the internal slot), Configure: Using DHCP Server. IP address: 169.254.170.151, Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0. I've unchecked "load only when needed". Rebooted countless times. I've trashed the TCP/IP Prefs and zapped the PRAM. I've reinstalled the Ethertech driver. I've reset the cable modem and router. I've changed cables. I've used the same cable on the iBook that I'm on now.
I'm rather new to networking, so if any other info that I've left out would help...please let me know.
Thanks, Dick
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