My Cable Company says my Ethernet Card is Dead

Hi, after a lightning storm my High Speed Internet
connection stopped working. The Cable company says my
Ethernet Card is dead. But my understanding of my G4
Power Mac architecture is that it has built in
10BaseT support and there is no separate card. If
true, might I still have a burned out driver for the
Ethernet plug on the back of the computer?
Alternately, might lack of Ethernet be caused by
corrupted software which could be fixed by
re-intalling?
Power Mac
G4 Mac OS 9.2.x
If you dont already have one, get a utility like macTCPing.
Are you also using a router, or are you direct connected to the cable modem?
Are your modem lights flashing slow (1/sec) or fast?
at 1 per second or less, then the modem is not talking to the cable company.
Are you getting a connection light on the modem indicating a valid signal from the Mac?
Reset your modem. (Remove from power, wait a few minutes, reconnect) There may also be a reset button on it.
ping 127.0.0.1
If that succeeds
you have passed local loopback.
check your IP configuration.
ping your own IP address.
if it works, then your ethernet port is probably OK.
if it fails, release and renew your ip address, and try again.
if that works,
ping the modem or your gateway address
if this fails, then reset the modem and try again.
if it fails, the modem is likely the problem
If it works
ping any web site.
if it works, you are set.
if it fails, then ping the name servers for your ISP.
if those fail, then there is an issue with the ISP and its NS, which is beyond your control.
They are hard to find, but there were a couple of companys that made PCI ethernet cards for Mac.

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My ethernet card stopped functioning about a week ago, at the time I thought my cable had died and did not think to much of it. Then I checked the cable in my desktop computer and it worked fine and was able to connect to my router as well as the interent. To the best of my recolection I did not install any new software that may have cuased the problem, just standard pacman package updates. I ran throught the Networking wiki to try and see if I could find anything wrong but was not able to solve the problem. The odd thing is when I try and connect to my router I obtain and IP address of 192.168.1.128 which to my recolection was a fall back address when an error occurs. I normally will run my laptop on my ethernet card just becuase of shotty wireless router suppled by my ISP. I am able to use my wireless card without problems, other then the substandard performace of the wireless router, so my networking appears to be generally functioning on the computer.
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04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device 0025
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: tg3
I went to Broadcom's website and the tg3 driver was the correct driver listed for the device.
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[ 5.167906] tg3.c:v3.122 (December 7, 2011)
[ 5.236677] tg3 0000:04:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
[ 5.296677] tg3 0000:04:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
[ 5.356733] tg3 0000:04:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
[ 5.357927] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(none) rev b002] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:00
[ 5.357931] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5787 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
[ 5.357934] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
[ 5.357937] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
[ 9.667630] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 181.228436] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 181.228439] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 196.452292] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 198.139080] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 198.139084] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 213.460062] tg3 0000:04:00.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI
[ 213.490759] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 213.594112] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 215.212240] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 215.212244] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 317.747290] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 319.365458] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 319.365462] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 677.340714] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 677.450541] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 679.089732] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 679.089736] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 1458.870527] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1458.980505] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1460.537332] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1460.653833] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1463.029526] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 1463.029530] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 1463.460524] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1465.088599] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 1465.088603] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 1466.403974] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1466.534005] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1468.152175] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 1468.152179] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 1469.364042] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1471.003175] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 1471.003179] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 1474.737324] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1474.843977] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1476.462073] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 1476.462076] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 1538.923961] tg3 0000:04:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1540.563060] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 1540.563064] tg3 0000:04:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
The firmware out of date looked odd to me but seems to be a common thing with the driver at least when I searched the net. I found that message appear several times but without anything posted about my specific problem.
-Running dhcpcd on the ethernet card produces the following output
dhcpcd[3932]: version 5.5.6 starting
dhcpcd[3932]: eth0: sending IPv6 Router Solicitation
dhcpcd[3932]: eth0: broadcasting for a lease
dhcpcd[3932]: eth0: offered 192.168.1.128 from 192.168.1.1
dhcpcd[3932]: eth0: acknowledged 192.168.1.128 from 192.168.1.1
dhcpcd[3932]: eth0: checking for 192.168.1.128
dhcpcd[3932]: eth0: sending IPv6 Router Solicitation
dhcpcd[3932]: eth0: leased 192.168.1.128 for 86400 seconds
dhcpcd[3932]: forked to background, child pid 3975
The router IP address is 192.168.1.1
If anyone can be of assitance I would appreciate it. If any other command out put might help feel free to let me know.
Thanks

Trilby wrote:I only have one little thing to contribute - but first I wanted to say welcome to the forum and awesome first post. This is a great example of how to ask questions the "right way" to get a good answer. Sadly I am not the one with that good answer.
Well thanks for the compliment. this is my first post here but not my first go with linux. I started using linux back when Red Hat was still avalaible under the GNU as a free distro. Then to Fedora in beta, Gentoo. Ubuntu, and now Arch. I have been running arch for about two years and just have not needed to post do to generally finding my answers in the wiki or on a forum post either here or else linuxquestions as well. I guess that leads me to say that this distro is one of the most well documented ones I have ever used. Gentoo would be the only other who comes close but that is needed just with the complexity involved in the install.
Trilby wrote:
I will say though that everything looks perfectly in order. The DHCPCD is good, and it shows that you are connected. I assume you recognize an error as a browser does not connect. But have your tried other web-tools to see if they can connect? A good starting point would be ping. Try each of the following:
ping -c 3 google.com
ping -c 3 8.8.8.8
and post the output here.
I did try a ping on the google site both with the name server as well as the ip while going through the network wiki. I also tried a ping to the router it self without success.
[scar@thecube ~]$ ping -c 3 www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
[scar@thecube ~]$ ping -c 3 google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
[scar@thecube ~]$ ping -c 3 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.128 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.128 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.128 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2008ms
pipe 3
[scar@thecube ~]$ ping -c 3 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.128 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.128 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.128 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2008ms
pipe 3
I guess one thing I did forget to mention is that the LEDs on the ethernet card seem to be functioning as well when I plug the cable in.
EDIT:
Interesting Update.
I was able to connect to my router as well as the internet by switching over to a static IP. I made sure to set it as high as possible but it did work. I was browsing around and saw another post on the forums and someone suggested to switch to static IP to help troubleshoot the problem.
Here was the post I found: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143183
Last edited by Ronin324 (2012-06-12 09:59:50)

Can I replace the ethernet card on my Feb 2005 eMac?

I realize that my Feb 2005 eMac (CRT-17") workhorse drops the internet (cable ethernet) very often- can run fine for 2 hours then drops the connection 3 times in 15 minutes. IS IT POSSIBLE to repair this or get a new "ethernet" card without spending a small fortune (i.e. for less than $200 and hopefully a lot less…)??
OR: Add WiFi to this Mac, but that is not my first choice as it is the furthest away from my WiFi points (plus I have ethernet cable running directly to this eMac and it works great for other Macs when tested. Just this eMac that is dropping the connection).
Thanks and regards,
Steve
Sunday 6 January 2013

It is definitely USB 2.0: (But 100 Base-T)--Mine is the 160 gb HD model
Are you thinking / saying that USB2 should be faster than I'm showing?
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Best regards,
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eMac (2005) - Technical Specifications
eMac (2005) - Technical Specifications
Configurations
EDU [no optical]
EDU CD
Combo
Super
Model
M99832
M99833
M99834
M9835
Description
1.25G/256/40/none
1.25G/256/40/CD
1.42G/256/80/Combo
1.42G/512/160/Super
Processor/Speed
G4 / 1.25 Ghz
G4 / 1.42 Ghz
- L2 Cache
512 KB (1:1)
- L3 Cache
no
Memory Included
256 MB
512 MB
Memory Maximum
1 GB
Memory Slots
2
Memory Form/Speed
SDRAM (184-pin) / PC2700 - DDR333
Hard Drive Size
40 GB
80 GB
160 GB
Hard Drive Type/Speed
Ultra ATA/100 / 7200 RPM
Optical Drive Type
none
CD-ROM (tray)
Combo Drive (tray)
SuperDrive (tray)
DVD Decoding
n/a
software
DVD+R (dual layer)
n/a
4x read
6x read; 2.4x write
DVD±RW
n/a
8x read
8x read; 4x write
DVD±R
n/a
8x read
8x read; 8x write
DVD-ROM
n/a
12x read
CD-RW
n/a
32x read; 24x write
32x read; 8x write
CD-R
n/a
32x read; 32x write
32x read; 24x write
CD-ROM
n/a
32x read
USB 1.0
on keyboard (2)
USB 2.0
3
FireWire 400
2
FireWire 800
no
Expansion slots
none
Ethernet (built-in)
100Base-T

I need a PCI ethernet card driver for my Performa 6360...

Roughly a week ago, I decided to add yet another one of my classic Macs to my LAN, a classic gaming LAN of sorts, with that mac being a Performa 6360. With it's single empty (at the time) PCI slot, the solution for an ethernet card for the system was basically screaming at me. Unfortunately, I went to my local electronics store with the assumption that PCI ethernet cards are fairly generic devices that should work in nearly everything without a problem. That turned out not to be the case. Once I finally aquired the time to install it, the card itself appeared to work, with the outer LEDs indicating network activity and a 100mbps network speed, however, when I went into the Appletalk or TCP/IP control panels, I came to the terrible realization that I needed a driver. The included CD was, much to my dismay, Windows only, Google searches haven't been much help, and worst of all, I seem to have misplaced my reciept. The "card" I keep mentioning is a Linksys LNE100TX version 5.1. Here is what is shown in the apple system profiler:
==============================
PCI Slot
Card type: ethernet
Card name: pci1317,574
Card model: -1
Card Rom #: Not available
Card Revision: 17
Card Vendor ID: 1317
==============================
What I am wondering is where I could find a driver for this card, and if that answer is "nowhere", is there any way I could get this card functioning under Mac OS 8.1? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Niteshooter wrote:
Well the good news is there was one,
http://www.welovemacs.com/net-cs2-fe.html
finding one, is a good question. Oddly enough the link you posted to the 10T version is the same company as above.
Yes, I have tried searching a number of places for it, and haven't come up with much. Here is what a google shopping search pulled up (eBay came up empty), the first being "unavailable" for purchase once you add it to your shopping cart and the second costing only $150! I could easily buy a new (used) mac with the card installed in it for that much!
As for the PCI slot cards you are trying, keep in mind that you are trying to use current cards which didn't exist back in the day your Mac and OS were made...... I have Asante 10/100 PCI cards in some of that generation mac and they work fine but then they were supported by the OS.
Good point. Even back when I purchased it, the card seemed a bit of a long-shot to me, too. However, being on sale for $15, I thought, "why not at least try?". Unfortunately, I came up with the results above. However, you have given me a good idea. I realize from reading a few posts around here on the issue that it is a good idea to keep the pci slot of the computer open on this computer until there is a need to upgrade, let's say, for a graphics card. However, what if I have no future plans to add anything (as is currently)? Is it really that necessary that I keep the slot open? I'm sure it would be exponentially easier to find a card for that.
A long shot might be to try loading OS 9.0.4 and see if you get lucky as 8 is pretty old plus there's a part of me that wonders with such a slow bus and cpu that 100T is going to make a big difference.
Kevin
Thank you for the suggestion, but that's how I collected the information for the card in the first place. The Performa 6360 didn't seem to take the card, so I popped it in to my Beige G3 running Mac OS 9.2.2 and hoped it might work on that. Same problem, however, the Apple System Profiler is much more thorough on that OS, so I was able to acquire the card's information. The reason for the 100-BaseT Ethernet, again, is not solely based on that one computer; It's the fact that I would prefer the network to run at the faster speed and with four macs currently on it, with a few more modern ones such as the iBook G3 shown below, the speed is a nice thing to have.
So, on that note, any suggestions for a PCI equivalent? Has Apple ever made any? If so, where could I find them at a reasonable (Read: Not $150) price?
Thanks again.

Mac Gigabit Ethernet Cards Network Performance

I now have a 1.8ghz CoreDuo MacMini and 2.0ghz MacBook and both have gigabit Ethernet cards in them, based on the Marvell Yukon chipset i believe.
I was wondering upto what speeds people have driven these ethernet cards?
I'm doing some testing using iperf version 2.0.4 but I can't seem to get any more than around 30MB/sec out of the cards.
Is this their limit? Have you managed to get better out of them? If so, how?
Synology have just brought out a NAS box (DS209), that reads and writes at around 60MB/sec, but pretty pointless unless your ethernet card is upto the same speeds.

If your notation is technically correct, you are saying you are getting 30 megabytes per second as your tested speed. That would translate to 240 megabits per second, which is above the old 100 megabits per second limitation. If this is all accurate, then the next question is what cabling and other equipment are you using to connect the two? If the cabling is not Cat6 (category 6) you may not be able to achieve optimal transfer speeds. If you are using a hub, switch, or router which is not gigabit rated, you would have limitations there.

[solved]PCMCIA wired ethernet card issues

I have a Trendnet TE100-PCBUSR ethernet card plugged in to the PCMCIA socket on my dell laptop. I am trying to get it to connect through DHCP so that I can use pacman to install the programs I need, at the moment I only have the base packages. Google reveals to me that the ethernet card is a cardbus clone, and that it is supported by the tulip driver.
I installed arch by booting the cd and doing an ftp-based installation with the very same pcmcia ethernet card. Unfortunately after the installation I appear to not be connected to my network when my computer boots. To me, this says that I have simple configuration problems.
When I was running the installation, I got the card to work by doing these commands:
modprobe yenta_socket
modprobe tulip
the installer also advised that I run cardmgr, which told me there was no driver in /proc/devices, this warning didnt prevent the network from connecting to the ftp and downloading though. After running the modprobe commands I was able to establish a connection by using the menu in the installer.
My question is, how does the connection I made while running the installer translate into config files that can connect while booting? I am also wondering about that cardmgr error, is this something I should be worrying about?
I am looking forward to getting pacman working so that I can finaly have a linux that is bloat-free, containing only the stuff that I actually use. Even slackware handled configuring this card for me, so doing this by hand is new terriroty for me, when the system boots the card lights up like it did when I ran the modprobe commands, but I can't ping anything and pacman cannot download any packages.
You guys have already helped me alot at the IRC channel by helping with installing whenever I got stuck on some things. I imagine this is a simple issue that is documented somewhere, but I have not yet found this document and have been sitting on this problem for 2 days now. I would appreciate any clues you all could give me.

Here is the info you requested:
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# Localization
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/unimaps
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE=Canada/Pacific
KEYMAP=us
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# Networking
HOSTNAME="myhost"
# Module to load at boot-up (in this order)
# (prefix a module with a ! to disable it)
MODULES=(!usbserial !ide-scsi)
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# (prefix an interface in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it)
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# (prefix a route in ROUTES with a ! to disable it)
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# (prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it)
# (prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hotplug pcmcia network netfs crond)
# End of file
Module Size Used by
pcmcia 28304 4
ohci_hcd 23044 0
ehci_hcd 37256 0
parport_pc 29124 0
parport 38600 1 parport_pc
pcspkr 4172 0
eth1394 21256 0
8139too 28032 0
ohci1394 36404 0
ieee1394 106200 2 eth1394,ohci1394
yenta_socket 23816 3
rsrc_nonstatic 14208 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 52228 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
3c59x 42792 0
mii 6272 2 8139too,3c59x
snd_intel8x0m 20164 0
snd_intel8x0 34752 0
snd_ac97_codec 83960 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 55456 0
snd_mixer_oss 20480 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 97796 4 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 27012 1 snd_pcm
snd 60388 7
snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10848 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10244 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
tpm_atmel 5376 0
tpm 12288 1 tpm_atmel
hw_random 5908 0
uhci_hcd 33808 0
pci_hotplug 30788 0
joydev 10688 0
tsdev 8384 0
evdev 10240 0
usbcore 127740 4 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
rtc 14156 0
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.|82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (intel-agp)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.|82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (agpgart)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.|82801 USB Controller (uhci_hcd)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.|82801 USB Controller (uhci_hcd)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.|82801 Hub Interface to PCI Bridge (hw_random)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.|82801 LPC Interface (i810-tco)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.|82801 UltraATA IDE Controller (piix)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.|82801 AC97 Audio Controller
(i810_audio)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp.|PCTEL 2304 WT V.92 MDC Modem (slamr)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corp.|NV17M GeForce4 440 Go (nv)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corp.|3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink] (3c59x)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments|PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
(yenta_socket)
02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments|PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
(yenta_socket)
02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments|PCI4451 OHCI-Lynx IEEE 1394
Controller (ohci1394)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Abocom Systems Inc|FE2000VX CardBus /Atelco Fibreline
Ethernet Adptr (8139too)
002:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
001:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
--:01.6 PCMCIA Network card: rdBus|Fast Ethernet (unknown)
---:--- Mouse: Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse [/dev/psaux] (msintellips/2)
A little more info about my system, lshwd is detecting a built-in ethernet card that God decided to kill with a lighning bolt a couple years ago, the rest of the system still functions normally, my cable modem suffered the most from the strike and ended up getting replaced, but replacing an ethernet card built into this laptop is not possible because it is part of the main board, sigh.
I had a hell of a time transfering this data over, couldn't get the floppy to work so I installed pine and configured it to use my ISP email account, I royally messed up that config but strangely enough it still worked, the email came from [email protected], and I didnt have to login for it to work, which is lucky because I couldn't set up pine to do all that in the limited time I have with my machine.
Are you guys noticing a pattern yet? I can't configure very well, but I really hope to get better at it!
I also noticed that cardctl was telling me that my ethernet card is a cardbus fast ethernet, does that mean that I shouldnt be trying to use pcmcia-cs for this but use hotplug instead? lshwd also identified my ethernet card as something else, which I imagine is a card that my card is a clone of, since it appears to be working anyway.
I'm looking forward to your suggestions, any hints on configuring in general would be appreciated as well since I'm obviously having some bad luck with it I'll worry about floppy and email problems later.
PS: dhclient requires no parameters to connect, and I will have to give you my ifconfig info the next time I get a chance to use that computer.

G5 Can't See Gigabit Ethernet Card

Some months back, I installed a gigabit ethernet card into my G5. It worked fine for a few months, then stopped working with a message: The cable for PCI Ethernet Slot 3, Port 2 is not plugged in. I wasn't working on the project that required that connection, so I just let it go. Now I need to connect to a different gigabit switch. I installed a new D-Link card into the same slot as before - same result. I moved the D-Link card to a different slot - and got the same error - still referring to Slot 3. Just for kicks, I installed the old card back into slot 2 (the one above the video card). Same error - and no mention of finding two cards or of anything in the other slots. It seems as if somehow all of the PCI slots are being ignored.
Running the System Profiler, I get a "No Information Found" for PCI Cards. None of the lights on either ethernet card come on. Any ideas? Everything else on the machine seems to be working correctly - the built-in ethernet is fine. There are a lot of drives connected to the system (4 on the FireWire 800, 1 on FW 400, 4 on USB). Is there some way to force a re-scan of the PCI bus? or turn it on?
Thanks!!
G5 2 X 2 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Thomas -
Yes - I tried swapping slots. A gigabit card worked fine in slot 3 for several months. It stopped working - I figured it was the card that was th eproblem. I have since replaced the card, and then moved the new one to a different slot. The Network control panel still reports a card in slot 3, even though there is nothing in slot 3. The new card is in slot 4 (and just for kicks the old card is in slot 2). Neither of these is recognized by the the System Profiler or the network control panel.

Can I Escape my Cable Company with Internet TV?

I just checked my cable bill today after our free trial of a DVR box from our cable company, and while the service has been excellent (they also have my phone and internet), at $67 a month plus tax and service fees for TV alone, I could buy a whole bunch of equipment and still save some $$. My son doesn't have cable tv but watches hulu for most shows.
I was wondering what the possibilities are, what equipment I'd need, and what are the potential pitfalls of going internet tv and getting the signal to 1 HiDef TV and 2 CRT type tvs (no digital receivers on those).
The latest issue of MacWorld says that the Apple TV interface isn't quite all it is cracked up to be and there are elegato tv thingies on sale at OWC, but I have to confess, although I've used Macs since 1984, I have never bothered to investigate the technology for TV so it is Greek to me. I was not enthused about the idea of using my business computer for storing, even temporarily, huge video files on the HD....
I believe my HiDef TV will receive digital signals from Pittsburgh stations, because before I installed cable, I picked up OTA stations, but that was before the switch, so I don't know for a fact whether that was digital or regular broadcast... That was 2 years ago...
I guess what I'm not sure about mostly is creating a the multi floor setup for my particular situation. My cable company provides me with one cable modem in the basement. The rest of the coax cables are set to stream the HD and Analog signals to the other jacks in the house. (my older TVs -one in the basement and one on the second floor-are SD and pre digital. They can see the Analog signals, but the cable company sells boxes to allow the tv's to get digital and hd signals IF I wanted to pay for them.)
My Setup: I have my computer, router and cable modem box in the basement and one analog tv in another room in the basement, the HD TV is on the 1st floor and I have one analog tv on the second floor (2 floors away from my computer).
I assume that the Apple TV is wireless and perhaps can get a signal from the basement through the floor, but how would I wire up the 2 analogs, even if they would work with the Apple TV... I assume both the Apple TV and the Elegato system works through an internet attachment through a computer, or does the Elegato pull signal from the cable company and make is usable on conputer (but not a TV)...?
Would you, could you, run the signals from the computer back up the coax somehow and feed it to the other TVs?
Right now, with phone, internet, and tv on the same coax system, I can't lose one to save money on the other

0r does the Elegato pull signal from the cable company and make is usable on conputer
Yes. The El Gato devices are for getting content from an antenna or cable connection into the computer. If you want to bring OTA television broadcasts into your computer, a device like those made by El Gato might be of interest to you.
The Apple TV cannot (without hacking) access content other than from the iTunes Store, so it would not be useful for getting shows from other sources such as Hulu. You'd therefore need to figure out how to connect your computer(s) to your various TVs. Working out all the various distribution issues involved in HDMI and analog would probably be better taken up on an AV-related from such as the AV Science Forum.
As to the "pitfalls" of dropping your cable service, the largest pitfall is that though a number of TV shows have been made available on the Internet, by no means have all, or even a significant percentage, of the available shows been made available for streaming or download. So before you drop your cable service, you'll want to investigate whether or not the shows you care about are available somewhere on the Internet, at a price that you deem reasonable (some are made available for free by including commercials but some you have to pay per episode).
Another thing to consider; you may find that you're getting a "package" deal if you, as you indicate, have TV, Internet and phone all from the cable company and that if you drop one service, the price on the others will go up. This may make dropping TV service less attractive, so be sure to check that out.
Hope this helps.

Ethernet Card Not being Detected on my iMac 27Inch (Mid2010)

Hello,
I have only had my iMac for a couple of months, and it appears to have developed a fault. I have a network router, and a network cable is plugged in however, the Network Panel keeps reading as "Cable: Unplugged". It is not, i can assure you.
When I got into the About This Mac > System Profiler, it has "This computer does not appear to have any PCI Ethernet cards installed." under the Ethernet Card option
I'm currently on Wireless (very skechty), and that also keeps dropping out even though the router is less a foot from the iMac.
Any Solutions or Advise please?
Thanks Phill C

I have the same problem after I installed LION on my imac 27" (Late 2010). It was working for few days and then after I restarted my computer my network card just went dead. Since I have several partitions I can boot back to Snow Leopard and it shows me ethernet just fine. So it means that LION has bugs and many bugs from what I can tell. It is wide spread problem and not sure if apple is doing anything about htis.

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