What we always found with the Asante (especially since you changed motherboards, is you have to have the proper driver. There was an A and B driver, if memory serves me right. (Gosh! Where did this come from? I've not touched one in years, but I recall the driver problem of those cards!)
Nanc > On Jun 29, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: > > > > On 29 Jun 2009, at 12:01:45 PDT, Gorka L. Martinez Mezo wrote: > >> A month ago I bought a Performa 6200 motherboard and a Asante >> Ethernet card >> (after knowing about it here). >> >> I haven`t been able to run the motherboard (seems to be damaged) >> after a lot >> of trying, so not until today I had the opportunity to use it on my >> original >> motherboard. >> >> I punched the card in the PDS slot and I got a green light as soon >> as I >> plugged a RJ-45 Ethernet cable. I dusted out my former router (a >> Conceptronic C-54APRA bought some four years ago) for a quick try, >> but I >> haven`t been able to get the router acknowledge there`s a card >> connect to >> it. I tried to plug the cable in the four Ethernet slots available >> on the >> router to no avail. I them plugged my dad`s computer and got an >> instant >> green on the router. >> >> The card seems to be working. Any ideas about what can I do? I`m >> running Mac >> OS 8.0 Spanish edition. > ------------ > A known "feature" of Asante cards is that they don't work well (or at > all) > with "autosensing" routers/switches. That is to say, if the router > says > 10/100 on it, the Asante card probably won't work. The way I work > around > the problem is to stick a "dumb" 10baseT hub between the switch/router > and the Asante device. > > Ken > http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gt1w/stackomacs > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
