Network Errors Adding New Router

Question

Hello,
I posted this in the iChat forum earlier today but I think this would a better forum to ask this question. We were using a D-Link DI-604 Wired Router for about 5 years until yesterday when we purchased a new D-Link EBR-2310 Wired Router. Ever since connecting the new router, about every 15 to 30 minutes in the console log on my iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, I get the following errors now:
Jun 12 17:31:57 <computer name> kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: 00000001,00000000 sk98nif - deadmanCheck - nothing received, resetting chip
Jun 12 17:31:57 <computer name> configd[14]: AppleTalk shutdown
Jun 12 17:31:59 <computer name> configd[14]: AppleTalk shutdown complete
Jun 12 17:32:01 <computer name> kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: error - Link Partner not Auto-Neg. able
Jun 12 17:32:01 <computer name> configd[14]: AppleTalk startup
Jun 12 17:32:01 <computer name> kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 skgehw - cppSkDrvEvent - SKDRV_LIPA_NOT_ANABLE: link partner not auto-negotiate capable, port, phy r6
Jun 12 17:32:01 <computer name> kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleYukon2]: Link up on en0, 10-Megabit, Half-duplex, No flow-control, Debug [796d,0c08,0de1,0200,0021,0000]
Jun 12 17:32:07 <computer name> configd[14]: AppleTalk startup complete
This never happened with the old router and I can't figure out what is causing this (I keep a close watch on my console log and I know for sure that this problem just started since connecting the new router). The new router is cascaded to an older Farallon 10Mbps ethernet hub (exactly the same way the old router was set up) so at first, I thought the errors may have been due to the fact that I had the WAN Port Speed of the new router set to "Auto 10/100Mbps" causing my iMac to (unsuccessfully) try to negotiate a faster port speed. On the old router, we had the WAN Port Speed set to 10Mbps and I never noticed any of these errors so I changed the WAN Port Speed on the new router to 10Mbps instead of "Auto 10/100Mbps" and we're still getting the same thing happening.
I've tried connecting my iMac directly to the router and directly to the cascaded Farallon 10Mbps ethernet hub and either way, it makes no difference. Our internet connection works fine but we get the odd error when sending a print job to our networked HP LaserJet with the new router. Does anyone with any networking experience have any idea what can be causing this? Is there a way to change the 10/100Mbps speed on the iMac itself rather than on the router?
Thanks so much,
Gerard

Answer 1

Is there a way to change the 10/100Mbps speed on the iMac itself rather than on the router?
System Preferences/Network/Advanced/Ethernet - Configure manually
The book on this router at Newegg is that it works for some people, but others using Vista notice the router can't handle multiple users very well. Disconnects, slow throughput, resets. It's not a very costly router, and hasn't had a firmware update since 2007. Maybe Vista pushes it too hard?
I'm just guessing that the deadmanCheck reference in the error is some sort of test to see if anybody is there and when the router doesn't respond, the Mac reset's it's ethernet chips.
Since you've had so many problems with the programs, firewall and port routing, and incomprehensible tech support, you might look at one of the competitors products that can keep up with your equipment.