T23 Ethernet Port

Greetings,
Thinkpad T23, 2647-2KU.  Some time ago the Ethernet port stopped working.  All the lights were correct, just could not ping to the outside.  Replaced the daughter board but still can't get out.  I do have wireless but would like a LAN connection at times.  Suggestions other than a new MB?
Rob

OK, at least we know that the system is "seeing" the card...which still doesn't mean that the port is working.
I'd try downloading and burning a copy of a "live" Linux CD, and testing the port there. Make sure that the LAN cable is plugged when booting the "live" CD.
This is the distro that I used on the last T23 that I owned:
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=25
Good luck and keep us posted.
Cheers,
George
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  • No internet access via ethernet port

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    Ping test should be interesting.
    Start by pinging router address. Should be able to ping building router if you can figure out it's address.
    Could you go wireless to building net? You might buy a usb dongle.
    USB dongle
    Introducting RokIt, a new wireless USB adapter that is compatible with Mac OS 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5 Leopard.
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    There are usb to ethernet cable.
    You could try another browser.
    *MAC Address*
    Every ethernet port has a unique MAC Address. A router can block on a MAC Address. That is why I suggest you check out your router.
    Note MAC is not Mac. MAC is all upper case.
    definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_address
    *Ethernet port hardware*
    I'd say this was some kind of strange hardware problem.
    *Dns problem?*
    It has symptoms of a DNS problem. The little traffic is a symptom of the problem. You said all the numbers were the same, however.
    Verify DNS
    apple > system preferences > network
    Double click on network connection you are using.
    Pick the TCP/IP tab.
    Verify that you have a DNS Server. If you do not, look on your windows machine and see what the net address is. You can also pick using DHCF and still enter you DNS server address.
    You can use
    harddrive > applications > utilities > network utility
    to diagnose the situation.
    You can ping google.com. Result:
    Ping has started ...
    PING google.com (64.233.167.99): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=215.362 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=279.597 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=189.747 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=250.657 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=183.232 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=243.753 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=173.108 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=230.239 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=180.639 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=232.177 ms
    --- google.com ping statistics ---
    10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 173.108/217.851/279.597/33.615 ms
    If that does work, try pinging 64.233.167.99 Result:
    Ping has started ...
    PING 64.233.167.99 (64.233.167.99): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=189.655 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=213.471 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=257.873 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=172.745 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=226.723 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=171.883 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=260.308 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=172.963 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=198.840 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=181.215 ms
    --- 64.233.167.99 ping statistics ---
    10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 171.883/204.568/260.308/32.247 ms
    If pinging 17.254.3.183 works but pinging Google.com doesn't. You have a bad DNS Server address.
    BDAqua suggests in a post.
    You can use OpenDNS for looking up web addresses.
    Put these numbers in Network>TCP/IP>DNS Servers for a try...
    208.67.222.222
    208.67.220.220
    I think they now pretend you need to join to use, but you don't.
    https://www.opendns.com/homenetwork/start/device/apple-osx-tiger
    (Please note that you do not need to a joint Open DNS to use it.)
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5908432#5908432
    Google provides free dns lookup too. There numbers are:
    8.8.8.8
    8.8.4.4
    Robert
    =======================================================
    I suggest that you try pinging Google.com.
    Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
    mac $ ping -c4 google.com
    PING google.com (64.233.187.99): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=177.617 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=251.899 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=169.291 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=250.119 ms
    --- google.com ping statistics ---
    4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 169.291/212.232/251.899/38.894 ms
    mac $ ping -c4 64.233.187.99
    PING 64.233.187.99 (64.233.187.99): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=176.723 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=247.889 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=176.890 ms
    64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=244.623 ms
    --- 64.233.187.99 ping statistics ---
    4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 176.723/211.531/247.889/34.744 ms
    mac $
    Analysis: If you cannot ping Goolge.com but you can ping 64.233.187.99, then you need to enter you dns address. For some reason Mac OS X sometimes doesn't set the dns. You can set it manually.
    apple > system preferences > network
    tcp/ip tab and enter address of dns servers
    example 162.33.160.100
    You will need to use a different number.
    PS.
    You are a little short on stating results. You state what you did, but I have to guess the result.
    Did: X
    Result: Y
    Did:
    1) Power Book's ethernet cable plugged into router port 5. Working to yahoo.com.
    2) Unplugged power book's ethernet cable from router
    3) Plugged eMac's ethernet cable into port 5.
    Result: eMac using Firefox was not able to access yahoo.com
    Robert

  • Forcing a Mac with 2 connected ethernet ports to use one over the other

    I have a G5 Quad and a Mac Pro that are connected to a large network (including internet) on ETHERNET 1, and they are also directly connected over ETHERNET 2 (using Jumbo Frames). I need to ensure the G5 uses ETHERNET 2, and not ETHERNET 1, to connect to the Mac Pro. They must use both connections. How do I do this?
    Tim

    I've solved the problem. When connecting to the other computer, don't map the drive from the Finder sidebar. Instead, go to the Finder, hit Cmd+K, or select Go > Connect to Server..., then type the IP address of the other computer's ethernet port that you are directly connected to. Then write an Applescript to automatically mount the drive on startup.
    Example Applescript:
    +mount volume "afp://192.168.1.1/"+
    Compile and Save the script as an Application with none of the Options checked. Place the script on the remote computer (the G5 Quad in my situation) in a suitable location like the Documents folder for your Username.
    Next, on the remote computer, open System Preferences > Accounts, and select the correct account. Select the Login Items tab, and click the + to add your Applescript application to the list. After adding the Applescript, check the Hide checkbox so the script runs in the background. Close System Preferences and you're done. Reboot the computer to verify it connects, and voila!
    Tim

  • How to specify one ethernet port for network home directories (other for normal filesharing)?

    So I'm trying to get Home Directories up and running on a 10.6.8 Xserve (waiting until I get my NFS sharepoints migrated to a Linux server [for other reasons] before moving up to 10.7 Server). But posting here since that will be happening in the next few weeks, and it might be applicable now (so I can at least get that resolved ahead of time).
    I have a different DNS entry for each ethernet port: server.office.domain.com at 192.168.0.11 for the first, and homes.services.internal at 192.168.0.10 for the second. DNS lookups for both resolve correctly (as does the reverse lookup).
    If I use the Server Admin to pick a sharepoint as an automount for Home Directories, everything is fine, but it picks the server.office.domain.com hostname. Picking that works just fine, but that is also the connection that feeds the filesharing. I'd prefer to split that home directory traffic out onto the second ethernet port. So I tried just duplicating the initial connection (since it can't be edited directly in Workgroup Manager) and changing the hostname to the internal one, but I get an error when attempting to log in (the client login screen gives a very helpful "Couldn't login because of an error" error message) and don't see anything in the server logs.
    The client machine shows the following line:
    Code:
    10/20/12 5:27:42.688 PM authorizationhost: ERROR | -[HomeDirMounter mountNetworkHomeWithURL:attributes:dirPath:username:] |
         PremountHomeDirectoryWithAuthentication( url=afp://homes.services.internal/Users,
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    (added line breaks so it didn't extend off the page)
    So it looks like this is failing because the automount isn't in place, but I'm not sure how to work that out either (i.e. how do I add that making sure it uses the internal hostname?).
    Any suggestions on getting this to work?
    I realize one solution is just to LACP the two ports, but that is a different ball of wax (I may do that later if I get a 4 port ethernet card and performance limitations demand it).

    A possible solution might be this.
    On ADSLBOX and CABLEBOX configure different subnets for the LAN, e.g.
    ADSLBOX:    192.168.1.0/24
    CABLEBOX: 192.168.2.0/24
    The MEDIABOX gets these static IPs:
    ADSL-LAN: 192.168.1.2
    CABLE-LAN: 192.168.2.2
    On the MEDIABOX, configure the two network interfaces using two routing tables.
    The ADSL-LAN routing table
    ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 src 192.168.1.2 table 1
    ip route add default via 192.168.1.1 table 1
    The CABLE-LAN routing table
    ip route add 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth1 src 192.168.2.2 table 2
    ip route add default via 192.168.2.1 table 2
    The main routing table
    ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 src 192.168.1.2
    ip route add 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth1 src 192.168.2.2
    # use the CABLE-LAN gateway as default, so general internet traffic from MEDIABOX runs over CABLEBOX
    ip route add default via 192.168.2.1
    define the lookup rules
    ip rule add from 192.168.1.2 table 1
    ip rule add from 192.168.2.2 table 2
    To test the setup:
    ip route show
    ip route show table 1
    ip route show table 2
    I don't know how to persist something like this in ArchLinux using netctl. Might require to write a special systemd unit for it. Above is a working example from a RedHat box at my company.
    Last edited by teekay (2013-12-04 07:42:22)

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