Hey folks...
I'm having a heck of a time trying to set up my Classic II with this
stupid Asante Mini EN/SC adapter.
I've got software installed, and the adapter is hooked up in my SCSI
chain. It is the first physically connected device, with an external
hard drive connected to it (the hard drive is terminated). Because of
this, I disabled termination on the EN/SC itself.
My problem is no matter what I do, I cannot get the stupid thing to
work. Immediately upon plugging the CAT-5 cable into the port on the
EN/SC, the light labeled "Link Integrity" starts blinking rapidly. The
cable is good. I have tried multiple, known-good cables just to be
sure.
In the user manual for this thing, it has a table regarding the LED
lights and what they mean. This light ON means it has a network
connection. This light OFF means it does not. In the column for
"Rapid Blinking" it says "N/A" for this light. WTF? Obviously it means
SOMETHING, so why omit this information when you already took the time
to make a table JUST FOR explaining what these lights mean when they
blink? For example, in the "Rapid Blinking" column for the "Network
Activity" light says something like "Device is communicating with the
network". They didn't have any trouble providing information for THAT
light. Having that "N/A" for the Network Integrity light says to me
that they're trying to tell me it should never blink. Well, obviously
that is not correct because that's all it seems to do.
This is really quite maddening because without that specific bit of
information, I have no idea what the problem is or any idea how to
proceed.
FWIW, on the router I am trying to connect it too, none of the
corresponding lights for the port I am connecting the Classic II to are
lit telling me the router is not getting any signals from it at all. I
have a PowerMac G4 connected to port 1 and a PowerMac C650 connected to
port 2 and they both communicate just fine.
The Router/Switch is a Linksys BEFSR41.
I am hoping someone that has one of these "Asante Mini EN/SC" units can
help me out here. Do I just happen to have a lemon on my hands? That
would be too bad, because I've had this thing for ages, but just
recently got a cable long enough to hook it up on my network and I've
been excited to do so only to be brutally shot down.
-Nat
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