Apparently some "ancient" network cards with multiple connectors used to have a switch (jumper) on the board to select the type of cabling.
Make sure that your card does not have one. If it does, set it correctly.
Also, some older 10Mbit-only ethernet cards lack the ability to correctly negotiate the connection speed (10 or 100 Mbit) with the hub / switch.
I had no problems with the Asante SCSI ethernet adapter and an LC PDS card, but there are cards out there, that do. Let me quote a mailing list post:
(It's not perfect, but I did not have time to look further. Simply stated: Put an 10Mbit-only hub/switch between your NIC and the rest of your network)
Good luck. (And excuse my bad English - I am really in a hurry)
Niels
I believe that it can be shown that the card is functioning correctly
>because if you connect the MCiLC-10T or MacCon cards (used in your LC/PDS
>based systems) to a 10Mbps hub then they work just fine. The reason for
>this is that these cards, are not designed for NWay and do not auto
>negotiate (NWay) with 10/100 NWay devices such as described above.
>
>To resolve this issue: The ports where these connections are made on
>switches/hubs will need to have those ports configured to 10Mbps and
>Half-Duplex operation (and this is not possible on the G3/G4/iMac/iBooks).
>If this is not possible then interposition of a 10Mbps hub between the card=
s
>and the 10/100 NWay port is required to resolve this.
>
>The quick and direct way to deal with this (and the most inexpensive) is to
>place a 10Mbps hub between these cards and the rest of the network. We
>recommend our products but anyone's 10Mbps hub will work.
Am 29.09.2004 um 18:03 schrieb Robert Flossmann:
Hi all,
I'm new to the list. I came here searching information and drivers that
would allow me to get my newly-found Mac IIci on the internet. It came
equipped with a Nubus Ethernet card with RJ45 and AUI connector. The ROM
chip says SSI 128 A1.
I can't get it to talk to my Router (directly or via a 10/100 hub) to access
the internet. I couldn't find specific drivers on the internet, either.
Here's my setup:
IIci, 8MB RAM, 1GB HD, SSI Ethernet Card
Either MacTCP or OpenTransport MacWeb or iCab
I'm looking for drivers or suggestions to get this going.
Thanks in advance, Robert
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