ethernet

How can I check the connection speed that my NIC's communicating with my network (not maximum NIC speed)? I am new to MAC's and could not find this info in System Preferences\Network. Thank you in advance for any help.

Hi - I've got a Titanium Powerbook G4 w/ 512MB/20Gig and 10.3.9 (10.4 should arrive tomorrow). Recently I've been having these hard freezes where I can't move my mouse or input w/ keyboard (although caps lock still works). I think it might have been associated with one of the 10.3.x updates...

Hi there... im trying to access my external drive pluged on my firewire port in HFS+ format froma an XP PC... i'm only can acces my user folder, its's possible to do something??? thanks a lot guys, juan.

Hey guys! I've searched the forum but couldn't find the information i needed, so i'm starting a new thread. k, what's up: i received my powerbook (15",1500,osx 10.3.8) yesterday and finally managed to set up a working (k... most of the time *g*) network via ethernet. that's the first...

Hi, I have an emac with a Lacie 250gb firewire hardrive connected to it. I then have a ibook connected to the eMac by a ethernet connection. I'm using sharepoints software and this has allowed me to look at each of the other mac's hard drives on each mac. I want to be able to access on the...

I need to share files which are currently on my PC (which is connected to the internet) to my Powerbook G4 Mac (no internet). Is this possible to do through a simple Ethernet cable? And if so, what must I do? I know computers okay but networking is way over my head. Thank you very much.

Hi, Well i dont think this is actually networking but i think this is the only place i could ask this question. What i want to do is basically have cable internet in another room that is quite far away but under the same roof. I know i could go wireless and install a airport extreme card into...

Hi everybody, I couldn't find any solution, if anyone could help me, here goes my situation: I got ADSL, am i'm trying to share the internet between 2 mac's. Powerbook 1.5 and a G4 700. Both under OS 10.3.7. I bought an xtra ethernet board (cause was told me that would be possible to do so)...

I have an adsl Annexe-A modem router. I am trying to configure it with my Mac so I can use it with my PS2 for online gaming. The manual tells me to connect to the modem through a web brower, using the modem's internal IP address. I got there once, but now I can't get into it again. Also, I...

I have recently upgraded to ADSL broadband. I have a 4-port ethernet ADSL modem (NetComm NB1300 Plus4) which is connected to a G4 with a Sonnet 1.4GHz processor running 10.2.8. When modem first is turned on it connects to the net and computer fine but after 1/2-1 hr it drops the ethernet (LAN)...

is there a device that would allow one to share a HP 7550 Photosmart by adapting the USB to ethernet and putting that to a router?

I have G4 Cube and I would like to upgrade the ethernet NIC from 10mbit to 100mbit. If you have managed something similar to this, please post how you did it and with what hardware. If you only know where I can find instructions on how to do this, that would be good too.

Guys if anyone can help here I would really appreciate it. I'm trying to set up my Air Port Extreme via ethernet from my Cube. This is so I can connect to the internet via AirPort to my DSL modem and so that I can use my PC (XP) wirelessly. This is what I have done so far. I opened up...

http://www.dlink.ca/product.php?PID=286 I was told by the (very knowledgeable) guy at my campus computer store that the D-Link DWL G122 USB wireless ethernet adaptor will work with my iBook clamshell (USB 1.1) and Mac OS X. However, as you can see from the product page, it doesn't...

I have a Ti PWBK 800Mhz the Ethernet Slot has died, I can use the Airport ok. I have looked on the internet but I have been unable to find a PC Card with Ethernet that works on a Mac. Has anyone seen anything like this? Ta

I'm on a local area ethernet network (3 machines) running system 9. The sever is running on system X. The network stalls for 30 seconds every 20 minutes or so then comes back on line. Can anybody help me solve this problem.

Ok, So I live in Florida where lightning storms are an everyday occurance. Yesterday a hellish storm went through and once it started getting bad, I shut down my computer (Dual 867, mirrored) and unplugged everything including the ethernet cable. After the storm passed, I started it back up and...

I want to get a Gigabit PCI ethernet card working in my mac. I know that the Intel cards are supported on the G4 when using FreeBSD and I have heard whispers of their being drivers for this thing under OS X but yet to find anything. Can anyone offer any advice or help??

Hello all, How can I test my ethernet port to confirm that it is "dead" or "alive"? I have been having problems in making a connection with my Linksys router; my Network panel lists the ethernet status as follows: "The Cable for Built-in Ethernet is not plugged in." I fear the port itself may...

I'm new to OSX but am wondering whether there is any way to do the equivalent of trashing preferences. I have a G4 desktop OSX10.3.4 and a PB 1.5 gHz OSX 10.3.4 networked via a Netgear WGR614 wireless router. The router is connected to broadband cable internet. The PB communicates with the...