Hi Daniel,
Well, you have been thorough in your diagnosis.
The two lights on the socket indicate 1) a connection that has been recognised.
and 2) data transmission and receiving.
In the case of 1), if the cable was incorrect or not working, one light would
not switch on. Showing the light on indicates there is a correct connection
between the NIC and the hub.
In the case of 2), no lights indicates that data is not travelling between the
NIC and the hub.
As you have situation 2), I suspect that the drivers you are using do not
automatically assign an IP address for your SE/30, a protocol known as DHCP
(Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
In cases of older hardware, the IP address was set up individually for each
computer with an NIC. Automatic assignment of IP addresses helps when many
computers are connecting. It also means that there is unlikely to be two NICs
with the same IP address. This is different from the MAC ID (media access
control) used for Wifi, BT and Ethernet.
You will need to assign a unique IP address to your SE/30 and type this into
the TCP program you are using.
Now, how do you choose what number to use? It usually takes the form of
192.168.x.y where the x and y values are unique to your router. x may be either
'1' or '0'. y can be a value from '0' to '255'.
Some routers allow you to ring fence, that is, to protect a group of IP
addresses from being automatically assigned by the router for things like home
automation control where you will want the same IP for a control system with
security built in (we have a system similar to this at work for the heating
controls).
Otherwise, pick a really high value.
Let's say that the router is assigned 192.168.1.1 as it's IP address. The first
available IP address that can be assigned to another device is 192.168.1.2 and
let's say that you have 18 devices, between desk tops, laptops, tablets and
smart phones.
So your list will run from 192.168.1.2 through to 192.168.1.19 for devices
connecting to the router.
Add in a little redundancy and say that you might get another 20 devices in
years to come. The first IP address that you could use for the SE/30 would be
192.168.1.40 so you would tell the MAC TCP program that you want to assign a
manual IP address and then you would enter this number (192.168.1.40) into the
IP address box in the TCP program. If there is an entry marked 'subnet mask',
use 255.255.255.0 and if you need to enter a 'gateway', this will be your
router IP address, in this example, 192.168.1.1
You could also use any number above '40' for the y value in your SE/30 IP
address. It's just easier sometimes to remember which devices have a manual IP
address and stick to a group. You could also print a label and fix it to the
back of your SE/30 with the fixed IP address listed.
Now if you get another Mac device and get an NIC for it, you can assign the
next manual IP address as 192.168.1.41 and put a label on that.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Keith
On Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 20:56, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi group,
Some time ago, i bought an Asante network card for my SE/30 (running 7.5.5 and
equipped with 16mb ram and a 10.1 GB harddrive (using a Acard 7720u scsi
bridge)). I installed the nic and setup the drivers from the Asante driver disc
that came with it.When reading about the MAC having problems negotiating speed
with modern routers, i also bought a 10Base-T hub from Ebay. When i start the
mac, the lights on the hub (as well as downstream) indicate that there is some
kind of connection. Looking at the daughter card on the backside of the mac, i
can see one of them lighting up (the bottom one). The other light never comes
on.When i try the diagnostics tool supplied by asante, everything up until the
nic transmission test work. The Transmission comes back with an error (telling
me that the link does not work).I run MacTCP version 2.0.6 and i have also
tried OpenTransport. I have switched from appletalk to ethernet in the "control
panel".I was thinking that it perhaps was my 10base-t hub that was incompatible
so i ordered a AUI transceiver to try that one as well. Connecting that did not
help at all.
I have since ordered and received a cross-over adapter to try to get p2p
networking going between the SE/30 and my windows 7 pc, but i'm unsure how to
configure it.
Any ideas or pointers how to perhaps get this to work?best regardsDaniel--
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