| Salve Philips,
Stay cool, what a mess!
Lets reduce the variables:
1. Between your Lombard and a modem/router you need a direct cable, use the same pre-tested by other desktop position in your LAN;
2. Are you certain that there is a dhcp-server running on your modem/router? You said you tried the same successful configuration of others machines, so I assume no mistake here;
3. Don't let someone blame your Lombard as if it was an alien, with strange network standards. Tsc-tsc. Unforgivable.
It appears to me that the real point is "internal ethernet network shows off".
Did you get an extra pcmcia network card? Good, you can turn your Lombard a router ;~). But first you must detect it, maybe some drivers, ... do a favor to yourself, do it later. The internal card is certainly auto detected during the OS install, so lets get it up and running quickly.
Go to a desktop in your LAN, and just move the network cable to your pbg3. When you connect this pre-tested "certified" cable you should see in your network preferences a ethernet status change, a green led, something that indicates the link is operational and active (sorry, no MacOS 9.2 here to compare).
If not get this green sign, maybe all you need is just a little work to repair the rear female network connector of your Lombard. A bad contact may arise if excessive use or a RJ45 plug that somehow distort some of the 8 small gold wires inside your Lombard rear network connector that face the male RJ45 plug when inserted. It's simple, just be careful, close your pbg3, and figure by yourself a way to do it.
Honestly, I think this will solve your network card problem, and don't bother your ISP if you can't see the green LED of both your ethernet card and your's modem/router LAN LED. Did you note the modem/router LAN LED shine when connected to your others desktops? Yeah, that small green thing shining is there to tell you your physical LAN connection is OK.
If you have a minimum of 256MB of RAM, you could try booting some other OS PPC live CD and test your network connection.
Good luck, and realize that you have a great green peace.  |