[fbroz]

I remember reading about people adding a second ethernet card to their macs (mine is a G4 450 AGP) but I can't get it to work. If I understand it right, a new selection should show up in the TCP/IP control panel, but it doesn't. Is there something I need to do to get the mac to detect the new hardware? I had foolishly hoped that installing a second Ethernet card would be as easy as installing a second HD.
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Frank

[Misha]

Well you need the drivers (extension(s)) for the card...once those are in it should work fine. If it doesn't, then something is wrong with the card.

[spicyjeff]

Yes you need to install drivers which means you cannot just install any old PCI ethernet card...you need one that comes with Mac drivers.

[slboett]

The others are correct. I recommend the Asant� cards - they have great drivers and take all of 5 minutes to get up and running.

Scott

[fbroz]

Yea, I suppose I will have to admit defeat. I was hoping that I would be able to find some sort of generic 3com drivers that would at least help the mac recognise the card. I was able to pick up a used 3com 10baseT for 5 bucks so it is no big loss. Maybe I will try installing the asante drivers and see if they do anything at all.

[ginoledesma]

Don't give up hope yet. If you know the manufacturer, you might want to ask them if they have a Mac version of their driver. Its a long shot, but it may be worth it. You could also ask them if they know anyone who's had a hack for their product.

Since its 3Com, you may just find something out in the net. May I know what exact model you have?

[fbroz]

Yea, if you have any leads they would be much appreciated... it is an Etherlink lll PCI, but I couldn't find any kind of mac drivers on the 3com website.
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Frank

[vmarks]

Originally posted by fbroz:
Yea, if you have any leads they would be much appreciated... it is an Etherlink lll PCI, but I couldn't find any kind of mac drivers on the 3com website.
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Frank

Frank, what chipset is on it? this'll be a 3cxxxx style number...
I don't know about making it work in os9, but we can darn sure get it working in osX (ahhh, the magic that is BSD!)

[fbroz]

Judging from the info on the 3Com website, it is a 3c590, but I don't have the card in front of me right now. I have very little experiance in using FreeBSD, but I would be interested to know what you would have to do to get it working.
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Frank

[ginoledesma]

Hmm... Since its a 3Com 3C509, there're quite a number of drivers for that out there, and for different platforms. I'll see what i can find.

[Paul Huang]

3Com stopped supporting Mac a long time ago. It makes cards for Farallon, but Farallon's driver does not work with 3C590.

[ginoledesma]

Not sure if this will work but try to give it a shot:
www.mactcp.org.nz/ethernet.html.