Re: G4 Lost Ethernet Connection

2010-04-06 Thread Paul K
Hi Peter, I have found that Intel network cards will sometimes work in G4 towers under OSX. Some other brands, such as Realtek, work sometimes too. There was no driver installation required, just the right card. I also recall installing a Realtek card under OS9, this did require drivers which I

Re: G4 Lost Ethernet Connection

2010-04-05 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, Still not clear on a couple of things: on 5/4/10 1:39 PM, Peter Faulks at peterfau...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi Neil, Thanks for your reply, I have an Airport Express with a red Lead to the Westnet unit (we connect via a satelite dish on the roof because we cannot get

Re: G4 Lost Ethernet Connection

2010-04-05 Thread Peter Faulks
Hi Neil, Thanks for all your help, will sort it out. Peter Hi Peter, Still not clear on a couple of things: on 5/4/10 1:39 PM, Peter Faulks at peterfau...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi Neil, Thanks for your reply, I have an Airport Express with a red Lead to the Westnet unit (we

G4 Lost Ethernet Connection

2010-04-04 Thread Peter Faulks
During the storm my wife left her G4 on when we went out and when power came back on three days later the computer works but the ethernet does not? Anyone know where you can purchase an ethernet card for our G4? Or suggest how we can get the G4 back on the internet? I recently put in 1gb

Re: G4 Lost Ethernet Connection

2010-04-04 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, Your description is not very clear as to how your network is set-up. You say: We connect to an Apple Airport Express which connect to a G5 and Windows PC via Ethernet, they all work fine, just the G4 that's not working. So are you saying the internet connection is distributed

Re: G4 Lost Ethernet Connection

2010-04-04 Thread Peter Faulks
Hi Neil, Thanks for your reply, I have an Airport Express with a red Lead to the Westnet unit (we connect via a satelite dish on the roof because we cannot get ADSL 2 locally) This Router unit then connects three computers using blue Ethernet cables. 1. A G5 Main Computer which