OS 8.1 Network woes - Help!

[Aoresteen]

So I'm getting my Quadra 605 back running. Everything is ok EXCEPT for Ethernet. I have an LC III PDS Asante Ethernet card installed. Ran the latest Asante installer no issues. Asante diagnostics say the card is fine.

I get no blinky lights on the card or at the hub. I set AppleTalk to use Ethernet. I can't ping the Quadra from my Windows XP box.

Does anyone have a step by step guide on setting up Ethernet on an OS 8.1 Mac? I'm trying to get my 605 to print to my LaserJet 4 via Ethernet. I did this back in 2005 but I can't remember what I did to get everything to work.

Thanks!

 

[Macdrone]

First thing is are there capacitors on the card? I know on the regular modems there were. There are just as prone to fail as on the motherboards.

 

[Aoresteen]

Thanks! Board is fine. It passes Asante's diagnostics. To be sure I tried a second card and same results but no blinky lights.

 

[Mk.558]

This is what I think should be the next step.

1) Use a cross-over cable that has been tested before on two other machines that weren't involved in the first place. This isolates the cable as the source of the problem as well as router issues. I am well aware that certain computers do have automatic straight/crossover switching but I wouldn't recommend flirting with that when there are issues that probably won't benefit from additional variables.

2) Fire up a compatible Mac with 9.2.2 or earlier on it. OS X can also be used but .... Enable File Sharing, and for best results, test if the Mac will mount other computers besides the 605, just in case. I'd use manual addressing.

3) Configure TCP/IP with manual addressing on the 605.

4) See if the Chooser reports anything then. Chooser in my experience is the most huffy-puffy about showing available servers with OS X 10.3+ (or 10.0, although I didn't test 10.0 for long, literally like less than an hour). If it doesn't show up, try entering the Internal IP Address of the host machine (which is why I recommend manual addressing).

5) Most of the driver software for third party devices (admittedly, I only have personal experience with the UltraDock 16sce and the Farallon series of cards) do have a cable-test function in the diagnostic software.

6) In the TCP/IP control panel, find the Get Info selection from the File menu. There should be a MAC address reported there.

7) It is unlikely (highly) but possible that the card could be incompatible with OT (assuming you have OT 1.3 and ASC 3.8.x installed). Everymac says the 605 will go down to 7.1, so you could try making a 7.1NAD with MacTCP 2.1 and try that.

All this and more is explained in detail in the link in my signature.

 

[Classic Mac]

Seams to me I got 8.1 talking by setting up both computers and hitting the connect at the same time on each one.