Subject: Re: Ethernet and IIci
To: Emmanuel Dreyfus <p99dreyf@criens.u-psud.fr>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/02/2001 16:43:21
On Wed, 2 May 2001, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> Randy Beaudreault <maccult@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm having a problem with the Ethernet on my IIci. I can't get a
> > connection going to my DSL on this machine and yet it works just fine
> > on my Q800. What could be my problem(s)? This is a two NIC box
> > running 1.5. I've used both cards fine with Appletalk on System 7.1
> > which is the Mac OS I have on this machine.
>
> here in Paris, we have a bug with some ethernet boards on mac68k and the
> cable connexion. It starts working, and as you use it it slows down, and
> it finishes by being completely hung. I had to install Linux on the IIci
> that I installed as a gateway to the cable.
>
> It seems there is a serious bug somewhere, but AFAIK it has never been fixed.
> Maybe you did hit that one?
I can't see a PR open on this - do you know if one was submitted?
If not, could you send one in. Do you know if its specific to
the boards, IIci or combination of board+IIci?