On Apr 17, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Daniel De L'eau wrote:
Thanks for the response. I know what you mean, but unless the PC card is in the card slot, that option does not appear in the menu anyway. I have just plain "ethernet" selected.
One other clue, and, being a newbie on OSX I didn't know to check it, is in the Network Preference panel, in "Show -> Network Status" It tells me that the cable for Built-in Ethernet is not plugged in". I suppose that, seeing that it IS plugged in, means that it is not receiving a signal from the 5300 for some reason. Now, I did check the crossover cable between the Pismo and a TiBook and it functioned normally.
Are you 100% positive that it's a crossover cable? Some TiBooks do have autosensing ethernet ports, so it would work between the Pismo and the TiBook, but not with the 5300.
It's an added expense, but a hub or switch connecting the two will probably help. Older Macs wouldn't recognize the ethernet port unless it was connected to a 'live' port; voltage a crossover cable does not provide, but that a hub or switch does.
If it isn't a non-crossover cable, I'll wager that's the issue.
The voltage is the same. Auto-MDIX sensing can cause problems with other ports during the negotiation stage, much like 10/100 auto sensing does with older hardware. I agree, a switch (I'd only bother with a hub if it was free) simplifies things. For starters it will show a link light for each device so you can immediately tell which if any is the problem. It also avoids the problem with older OSs defaulting to LocalTalk if the Ethernet isn't properly connected at startup or if it goes away while connected.
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