At 12:21 PM -0500 7/1/03, Vernon A. Swanger wrote: >I just purchased high speed cable internet service from Charter >communications. When they cam to hook up the service, they told me >that I had >to have an ethernet card installed.
Yup. Cable & DSL services connect direct to an ethernet card. >Several of the machines had ethernet cards >in them when I bought them from other individuals. Two computers had ASANTI >FAST cards (Revision C and E), one machine had an ethernet card with >a Macintosh >logo imprinted on the chip, and the last computer had a RTL8139C ethernet card >installed. I downloaded drivers for each of these cards (except the one with >the Macintosh logo---which I could not find). > >The problem is that none of these cards work. I have swapped them out and >tried them each on each computer and each different system. The computer(s) >simply refuse to recognize the cards. I tried them in each and every slot on >each machine, under each system, with the cable modem and without it...etc Well, I have had a MacSense ethernet card installed in my max (3000/180) for ages and it has never given trouble. We have Macs, linux boxes and PCs all sharing information here. It seems rather odd to me that all these ethernet cards you have and none of them work. Why don't we take it one step at a time. Do you own an ethernet hub or switch? If so, do you have some standard ethernet cables? If you don't then go and buy a genuine CROSSOVER ethernet cable. It should only be a couple of dollars. This will enable two computers to connect directly over ethernet. The first thing to try is to get two of your Max's talking to each other. Also, can you switch to ethernet from the Appletalk control panel? Now when you say none of the computers recognise the cards - what do you mean? i.e. more information needed. cheers Ken -- "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" Mahatma Gandhi personal site: http://zazen.aussieguide.com business site: http://www.z-dezigns.com (under construction) listadmin FileMaker Pro Talk http://www.blueworld.com freedom on #macintosh irc.oz.org, zazen on #buddhism irc.galaxynet.org zazen on #tibet irc.efnet.org Web Design * Web Hosting * FilemakerPro * Graphic Design Networking * Internet * Troubleshooting * Support /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
