The thing is that my switch works with the Apple AAUI Transciever which will only work at 10mbps. So, I'm not sure why this wouldn't work.
On Jan 17, 12:41 am, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Sat, 1/16/10, hartonj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well. New news. The long and short of > > it is one chip removed from > > board and re-seated and the card seems to be working now > > (sort of). I > > still can't get it to connect to a hub/switch/router and > > because of > > that it complains that it can't see the dns server > > (specified in the > > settings). Anyone got any helpful advice on this? > > Yup, since most network cards for 68k Macs predate 100 megabit ethernet, most > of them don't properly identify themselves as being capable of only 10 > megabit, half duplex. Asante brand cards are especially known for that > problem. > > Better 10/100 hubs/switches/routers can handle that, but some rely solely on > the NICs in the computers properly using media identification. > > The solution is to get any 10 megabit hub and daisy chain it between your old > Mac and your 10/100 box. > > Another solution is a switch or router with user configurable port settings. > Those either have a serial "console" port or can be logged into via an > Ethernet port to configure speed, duplex and other settings for each port.
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