[drjoe]

rtl8139v110I am running 10.2.8 on my 8500 and using it as a mail/web/print/file server. No problems. I decided to speed up the on board ethernet and purchase a 'no-name' - 10/100 PCI card. Although there was no info with the card, when put in, Apple's network utility identified as a realtek card. The vendor pointed me to the site that has the drivers for 10.2.x. [rtl8139v110] OS X's network pane sees the card and I have configured it with the same settings as the built-in port. I also changed AppleTalk from the built-in to the new PCI NIC. When I run 'atlookup' in terminal from my workstation, it clearly sees the darwin entry [the 8500] and the 8500 as an afp server. Alas, when I try to connect with 'connect to server' it times out or returns an error message [-36]. Printer sharing is also inoperative.

I am frustrated and will shortly start jumping up and down on the offending card [it only cost $10.00] unless i am dissuaded. Anyone out there with an idea

[superlarry]

that error (-36) is an i/o error.. that doesn't sound good. sounds like you've got the right driver, so i bet it's some hardware incompatibility. wish i could help beyond this speculation, though - i'm not sure what to suggest except making sure other pci cards work in the same slot (or maybe switch slots).

[drjoe]

"The thing of it is" as my southern friends like to say is that the hardware seems to connect; i.e. the card shows up in the nework panel, it is identified in Apple System Profiler,as properly in PCI slot B [which is where it is] and is seen as running. It feels like a configuration problem but what do I know. I'll try to borrow a card from someone and see what happens.Thanks much.