At 12:54 AM -0700 4/29/02, Brandon Davis wrote: > >>> Clark ...To no avail meaning ??? What have you tried ... > >I'm using a known good cable. And connecting to known good ports >(regardless, I tried a couple of different ones, just in case). The switch >has three LED's for each port, which indicate connection, speed, and >activity/collisions. (The Asante connection is "good"/green and is at >10MB/yellow, and it does register activity when I ping out ...and the >different ports all registered the same.) > >There's a Macintosh software utility from Asante that sees the card, >registers the MAC address (the hardware address), and measures various >Transmit and Receive activities. When I ping the IP address (that I've >manually set in MacTCP v2.06) from a W2K box on the network, I see that the >Asante utility starts measuring bytes and packets, etc. (the Windows box >sends out 4 packets, and the Asante utility receive counter is increased by >4). > >When I use Apple's MacPing to ping out, the Asante utility shows packets, >etc are being transmitted. > >But there appear to be no acknowledgements ...the 4 being sent from Windows >aren't ack'd, and the group of 10 sent by the SE/30 (to the gateway's IP >address) aren't ack'd. > >I have a suspicion that I've missed some kind of obvious setup parameter >...but as simple as MacTCP is to use, I don't know what that could be.
MacTCP doesn't load until some program starts it up. Until MacTCP loads there will be no response to pings. Try posting your MacTCP settings and the settings for your W2K box too. You might have a mismatch in your IP / mask settings. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Replacement Apple CDROMs from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 PPC 5400/200Mhz 16/1.6GB/CD/ENET/L2 $119, 5+ for $99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
