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From: andyb@tardis.wimsey.bc.ca (Andy Babinszki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: IIx doesn't like the ethernet drivers...
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Date: 5 Mar 91 14:56:26 GMT
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In article <1991Mar4.162804.16389@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, mike@pyrite.SOM.CWRU.Edu (Michael Kerner) writes:
> This may be a bit advanced and perhaps a bit specific for a question, but
> here goes.
> 
> We've got a IIx that we're trying to put on thin Ethernet.  We've done this
> sort of thing with a bunch of Macs before, with no problemo.  Pop in the
> NuBus Ethernet card, pop on the T, install the drivers and walk away.
> 
> Well, this time things aren't that simple.  The IIx doesn't hook in to the net.
> I can't see printers or servers from it.  I've checked the control panel to
> make sure the driver is up (we're on mode 1), and appleTalk is active.  I've
> swapped cards, tried other machines at the node, and tried other drivers, so
> I'm relatively sure its the machine...or is it that the IIcx needs a different
> EtherNet driver?  The tranceiver is onboard, and there are probably a few other
> little details I've tried, but I'm so frustrated that I can't remember all of
> them right now.
> 
> Any suggestions, please EMAIL to me...
> 
> Thanks,
> Mikey.
> mike@pyrite.som.cwru.edu
> 
> 
IIx or IIcx?  Well it doesn't much matter, I've got ~5 E-netted
"cx" s & ~4 E-netted "x" s and they all work.

Question:

   Are you running Appletalk Phase 1 or Phase 2 on the network?
   ( if you installed the phase 2 driver - the one which usually
     ships with E-net cards nowadays - and your network is phase
     1 then you will experience the symptoms you are seeing now.
     To fix the problem, drag the phase 1 driver from the installer
     disk to the system folder of the Mac.  You'll find the phase
     1 driver on the EtherTalk Installer diskette in a folder
     called "Previous Version".  When you call up the control
     panel, click on the Network icon, you will see 2 E-Talk drivers,
     one will have single headed arrows ( phase 1 ) and the other
     will have double headed arrows ( phase 2 ).  Click on the
     appropriate driver for your network and you should be in
     business. )


Andy.

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Andy Babinszki - andyb@tardis.wimsey.bc.ca