frankblues
Active member
So, I've got an ongoing problem with one of those "manta ray" looking Etherwave adapters. I had it working with 7.5.3 and Open Transport - TCP/IP worked nicely, Appletalk was configured for the "alternet ethernet" port - all was happy.
But any time that I take the computer off the power supply and disconnect the adapter, when I go to reconnect it, it refuses to work with TCP/IP... I get "Resolver Not Found" errors.
I don't have a working laptop battery, and I'm pretty sure the PRAM battery isn't charging.
I thought that there might be a PRAM variable getting changed, so I tried saving / restoring the PRAM - no joy.
The ethernet diagnostics from Farallon show the adapter is there.
I've developed a procedure which seems to restore things - but I have no idea why it works...
0. Zap Pram
1. Switch to classic networking.
2. Run the Farallon Installer (which seems to fail when Open Transport is enabled)
3. Restart
3.5. Network Control Panel: Switch to Ethertalk (for some reason this is vital)
4. Trash the PB Adapter extension
5. Switch to Open Transport
6. Restart
7. Reconfigure Appletalk and Tcp/Ip
8. Cross fingers - usually, joy!
But what is going on?! I'd rather not have to do all this every time the machine loses power... any advice?
But any time that I take the computer off the power supply and disconnect the adapter, when I go to reconnect it, it refuses to work with TCP/IP... I get "Resolver Not Found" errors.
I don't have a working laptop battery, and I'm pretty sure the PRAM battery isn't charging.
I thought that there might be a PRAM variable getting changed, so I tried saving / restoring the PRAM - no joy.
The ethernet diagnostics from Farallon show the adapter is there.
I've developed a procedure which seems to restore things - but I have no idea why it works...
0. Zap Pram
1. Switch to classic networking.
2. Run the Farallon Installer (which seems to fail when Open Transport is enabled)
3. Restart
3.5. Network Control Panel: Switch to Ethertalk (for some reason this is vital)
4. Trash the PB Adapter extension
5. Switch to Open Transport
6. Restart
7. Reconfigure Appletalk and Tcp/Ip
8. Cross fingers - usually, joy!
But what is going on?! I'd rather not have to do all this every time the machine loses power... any advice?
