5500/225 & RTL8139 TCP/IP

[aladds]

So... back at the parents' house over the holiday period and I'm playing about with my old 5500.

I try to access the internet, but I'm only getting a 169 address...

A few hours later, and various combinations of parts/software I have deduced the following:

The 8139 card under both Mac OS 7.6.1 and 9.2.2 (seperate partitions, HFS & HFS+ respectively) can access the local AppleTalk network (and can even print to an AppleTalk printer) but cannot see anything in TCP/IP land. This is with both DHCP and manual setup, with the 802.3 box both ticked and unticked, 'load only when needed' unticked in all cases. I cannot ping local (same switch) devices nor can they ping it.

I also have an 8029 card and an 8169 card, and (with appropriate modifications of the driver) the 8029 card doesn't work at all, whilst the 8169 card is recognised, but doesn't work either (gets 169, didn't test AppleTalk).

Has anyone else had these issues? It's an RTL8139D chip on the card, if that makes any difference (don't know what the 8169 card is, it has a heatsink on it).

Maybe I should keep an eye out for a CSII 10baseT card...

 

[Macdrone]

These macs even with drivers and all the software like manual setup and using a hub that is 10 base 10 to whatever router is easy and fits the bill.Open Transport is a must and do a google about classic networking and there is only a few sites and the top one is usually the best on manual setup.  It also has hardware and software guides.

 

[aladds]

So I worked on this one the last time I was back. Apparently the drivers for these RTL things can support AppleTalk OR TCP/IP, and don't seem happy with both. You need to have "Use 802.3" unchecked in the control panel and a Manual setup is advised, but DHCP does work.

Honestly, I think I'll try to find something with better drivers to use in the future.