Re: Problem installing Asante FriendlyNet PCMCIA Card into PB1400

[Cameron Kaiser]

> But, I would like to especially thank Cameron Kaiser for the 
> 3C589 driver! By some sort of psychic transfer thing, he guessed 
> that the old PCMCIA card I had lying around was a 3Com 3C589 
> card. Cameron, can you pick some lottery numbers for me please?

I might throw a few your way if you private-mail me the specs of your
system (including OS) so that I can demonstrate proof the drivers really
do work ;-) ... seriously, it would be helpful for my notes.

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Re: Problem installing Asante FriendlyNet PCMCIA Card into PB1400

[Gary Patterson]

Thanks to everyone who sent a response. I have had bad 
experiences with tech support, but Asante were very fast to 
respond. I sent them every number printed on the card, the 
PB1400 plus a few others I made up. The response was a 
straightforward "won't work" with the reasons why.
The 1400 just won't support this card, due to it being 
Cardbus/PCMCIA. The Cardbus bit throws it completely, even 
though the manual refers to PCMCIA type II as the unit's specs.
But, I would like to especially thank Cameron Kaiser for the 
3C589 driver! By some sort of psychic transfer thing, he guessed 
that the old PCMCIA card I had lying around was a 3Com 3C589 
card. Cameron, can you pick some lottery numbers for me please?
Thanks everyone,
Gary


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Re: Problem installing Asante FriendlyNet PCMCIA Card into PB1400

[Cliff Rediger]

Below find Asante's instructions to me when I had difficult getting my
FriendlyNet card to work on my 5300. Also included are the Asante Tech
Support numbers. They are very responsive and helpful. Good luck.

***

Sounds like you have a TCP/IP problem and are using OS/8.5.1 or OS/8.6.
Open the TCP/IP control panel, in the 'Edit' in the tool bar, select
'User
Mode" and  click on 'Advanced", close this box.  Now in the control
panel
click on the 'Options' radio-button and in that next box make sure that
the
"X" is removed from the 'Load only when needed 'BOX'.  This prevents
TCP/IP
being loaded until a program call for it, like Netscape
Communicator(tm),
which assumes that TCP/IP is loaded when it attempts to contact the
Internet.

According to a MacWindows article found on the web, there is a known
problem
with OS 8.5.x and 8.6 that causes network transfer rates to dramatically
drop after upgrading when AsanteFast 10/100 PCI cards or Farallon cards
are
used. OS 8.5 and 8.6 installer copies a file called "Apple Enet" into
the
extensions folder when you have one of these cards. 

The Apple Enet is the driver for an Apple Ethernet card, and interferes
with
the performance of the Asante cards. Apparently all versions of
AsantéFast
10/100 PCI card is affected by this problem. The NIC-PCI may also be
affected, although the article does not indicate this card
specifically.  

This problem includes time-outs and other strange performance and is not
related to the drivers in use with our card.  The most likely cause of
this
is the SLPPlugin extension installed with the OS.  We recommend that
this
extension be disabled in Extension manager and then the system
restarted.

Description:
After upgrading to Apple OS 8.5, network performance drops dramatically.
Transfer rates can drop down to 100 Kbytes per second in some cases. A
clean
install to a previous OS improves performance. If the computer is a
client,
the client only will  experience network performance degradation. If the
computer is a server however, some or all of the clients may experience
a
decrease in performance due to the decrease in server performance.

Resolution:
To help resolve the slow performance on the 8.5.1 systems try the
following
procedure which includes the following steps:  

Turn off the following in the Extensions Manager and  then reboot the
computer.

Apple E-Net extensions
DNS Extension
SLPPlugin Extension
Personal Web-Sharing

An Apple TIL file (#24691) describes the new Mac OS 8.5 Network Services
Location (NSL) Technology. The NSL is made up of a Manager and a set of
plug-ins that gather data via particular network protocols such as DNS.
As
noted on the MRP, Mac 8.5's SLPPlugin (Service Location Protocol) and
DNSPlugin (Domain Name Service) extensions are NSL plug-ins.  If you
have
Virex virus software running then you should either temporarily disable
it,
or get the upgrade version of Virex for OS 8.5.  I believe the latest
version is 5.9.1.  This will cause problems with the network.

If these items do not produce significant results then you may try the
following procedure:

Create a folder on the desktop and name it "Old Prefs"
Note the TCP/IP and/or  MACTCP setting on paper, Then:

Move the following items to this folder:
AppleShare PREP
AppleTalk Preferences
ASLM Preferences
MACTCP Preferences
MACTCP DNR  
TCP/IP Preferences
NOTE:  Again it is suggested that you save the TCP/IP and/or MACTCP
address
information in an external file in the Temp folder or write that
information
on paper to speed the restoration of your Macintosh's TCP/IP settings
(if
this is necessary).

If this procedure does not help then try Zapping the PRAM on the system,
re-establish the parameters effected and then test.  

Please call us if you need additional information or support, or please
be
sure to include all previous correspondence to your replies, thanks.

Asanté Technical Support
Support:(M-F  7am-6pm  Mountain   GMT-6)
   800-622-7464
   408-435-8388
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http://www.asante.com

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Re: Problem installing Asante FriendlyNet PCMCIA Card into PB1400

[Cameron Kaiser]

> Even an old PC network card that doesn't have Mac drivers
> will show up as a network card on my PB1400.

What type of network card? If it was a 3C589 series "EtherLink"-type card,
try this:

http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/mac/enet3c589/

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Re: Problem installing Asante FriendlyNet PCMCIA Card into PB1400

[Ronald Romine]

>Hello.
>
>I've just bought a brand new Asante FriendlyNet Integrated
>PCMCIA/Cardbus Ethernet card for my secondhand PB1400.


The PB1400's is only 16-bit PCMCIA II (with Zoomed Video), Cardbus is 
the newer 32-bit standard which shipped with later Powerbooks.

Most likely the Asante card only works with Cardbus.


>The best I can do is to get the icon on the desktop, but when I
>do a Get Info on the icon, the system thinks it's a memory PC
>card. Even an old PC network card that doesn't have Mac drivers
>will show up as a network card on my PB1400.

Most likely the old PC network card is 16-bit PCMICA.


  - Ron.



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Re: Problem installing Asante FriendlyNet PCMCIA Card into PB1400

[Peter Kim]

I think you bought a cardbus card, which would not work with your 1400.
1400 has the older pcmcia standard which is only 16 bit compatible.  Your
card requires the newer, 32-bit standard.  You need to get the 16-bit
version of the card.

On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Gary Patterson wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I've just bought a brand new Asante FriendlyNet Integrated 
> PCMCIA/Cardbus Ethernet card for my secondhand PB1400. The box 
> promises Mac compatibility, from OS 8.5 to 9.x. Inserting the 
> thing was hard enough, but eventually it went into the top slot 
> (normal PCMCIA cards go in without difficulty).


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Problem installing Asante FriendlyNet PCMCIA Card into PB1400

[Gary Patterson]

Hello.

I've just bought a brand new Asante FriendlyNet Integrated 
PCMCIA/Cardbus Ethernet card for my secondhand PB1400. The box 
promises Mac compatibility, from OS 8.5 to 9.x. Inserting the 
thing was hard enough, but eventually it went into the top slot 
(normal PCMCIA cards go in without difficulty).
The software was simple to install, but the card just doesn't 
seem to be recognised by the system (OS 9.0). When I restart, 
the system asks if I want to initialise the unreadable 2MB disk 
in the PCMCIA slot (?) and if I cancel that, it comes back with 
an unrecognised card error ("The correct software you need to 
use the PC card in the 'Upper PC Card Slot' is not 
installed...").
The best I can do is to get the icon on the desktop, but when I 
do a Get Info on the icon, the system thinks it's a memory PC 
card. Even an old PC network card that doesn't have Mac drivers 
will show up as a network card on my PB1400.
The driver disk that came with the card has the same driver as 
Asante's web site, and none of their technotes seem relevant.
Can anyone help me with this? It seems such a simple thing, but 
for some reason it just does not work.

Thanks for any assistance,
Gary Patterson


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