Problem with an Asante NetDock (the Duo Ethernet microdock)

[wanderingjew]

I'm going to begin by putting this into a 'known good' situation. I have a Duo 2300c, System 7.5.3, Open Transport, with a Duo MiniDock and Asante Micro EN/SC. This works. I can open up Fetch, point it to my FTP server, and everything's great.

However, if I turn the machine off and plug the Asante NetDock in, I can't connect to my FTP server. Fetch comes up with "Error number -3205". Yes, I've installed the drivers for both the Micro EN/SC and the NetDock.

With the Asante installer, I've found the Asante TroubleShooter, with a basic memory buffer test, NIC test, and a loopback test. All of these passed. There is an additional Ping-Pong test, which from the docs I've seen are basically an AppleTalk 'ping'; this fails because I'm connected to a Raspberry Pi and not an AppleTalk network. So the *hardware* in the NetDock seems okay.

I'm thinking someone here has used a Net Dock, any tips?

Apologies for putting this in the 68k PowerBook section

 

[wanderingjew]

Seeing as how this post is the top google result for "Asante Netdock" + "280c", I feel this deserves an update:

The NetDock is incompatible with both the 2300c and the 68040 duos, the 280 and 280c. I've tried Open Transport and MacTCP, various systems from 7.1.1 to OS 8.1, and I keep getting the same errors. I *vaguely* recall seeing some documentation that the NetDock is incompatible with the 2300 and 280, although I can't find that anymore.

One thing that's puzzling me is seeing a blurb for the NetDock in an issue of MacWorld published after the 280c was released, and the fact that the latest Asante installer is from 1997, and does't mention incompatability.

The only way I have to confirm my NetDock isn't broken (although it passes all the tests in the troubleshooter program) is to try it out with a 68030 Duo, probably a 270c. When I find one, I'll update this thread.