>Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:09:51 EST >Subject: Ethernet at startup >
>I have a question concerning ethernet. I have two lil' tiny networks, one at >home and one at work, each consisting of Macs linked together using >Ethernet/Appletalk. They consist of: > >HOME-PMac 7600, Duo Dock(+duo laptop) and a x-over RJ-45 cable. > >OFFICE-Pmac 7600, Pmac 7300, Duo Dock(+duo laptop) w/ a Farrallon Etherwave >and a couple of RJ-45s... > >- in each network, the PMac 7600 is the main computer - > >I have noticed that when I startup the PMac 7600 at HOME, IF the Duo linked >to it is not already started up, I get a message telling me that the 7600's >AppleTalk is switching from the ethernet connection to a serial port >connection. When the linked Duo is already on, then the 7600 starts up in >AppleTalk via ethernet, as it should. This will stop happening if you buy a cheap hub and ditch the crossover cable. Appletalk isn't seeing the ethernet connected to anything so it switches to localtalk. >But at the OFFICE, when the 7600 is started, it starts up w/ AppleTalk via >the ethernet connection whether the two other Macs linked to it are running >or not. Why isn't the 7600 at HOME able to startup in ethernet/AppleTalk >also >if it is the only computer up? The network at the office probably has a hub or switch in it somewhere, that or you've got multiple e'net cards in the 7600. I'm sorry, I don't know what an etherwave is. >Now I know it cannot be the Etherwave device that is doing it, because >once I >had it connecting two Duos to a PMac 7600, and it would not startup using >AppleTalk via ethernet unless at least one of the Duos was started up. Assuming an Etherwave is a 10baseT switch or hub, the 7600 should be able to stay with ethernet even if there is nothing else connected to the Etherwave. At least it works that way with my hub (Netgear EN104). Of course, I've never tried it with just a laptop hooked to it. I have tried it with nothing hooked to it. But I don't have a 7600 either. It works with a G4 (there is no Localtalk (serial) though), a Biege G3, and an SE/30. Here's another thought. It doesn't work with my Q605. Everytime I start it up it goes back to serial networking, because the PRAM battery is dead. (I've got a brand new one sitting right on top it, apparantly just buying a new battery doesn't fix anything, it actually has to be installed :) ) >Therefore, I have deduced that it is the fact that my OFFICE network has >ANOTHER DESKTOP linked to it that allows it to stay in AppleTalk via >ethernet >at startup. Please confirm/deny this hypothesis of mine, and IF THE IS A WAY >to startup both 7600s in AppleTalk/ethernet, please inform me. Do both 7600's have the same ethernet card (or mobo ethernet)? Do they both have the same OS, networking software (same version of Appleshare etc.), same networking extensions, etc.? Hope some of this helps, J White Buy American S.O.S. Save Our Steel -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
