AsantéFAST 10/100 in an Xpostfacto'ed PPC 8500

[Bill Connelly]

Anyone get the AsantéFAST 10/100 PCBA 09-00169-01 rev c PCI Card to be fully functional in a PPC 8500 that is running OS X 10.3.9?

I burned out my ethernet port onboard by being too close to a lightening strike, I didn't see coming.

After Startup, is isn't always connected ... I have to open System Preferences > Network > Network Port Configurations and Uncheck ... Apply ... Check ... Apply the card in order for the DCHP to set things up.

Fix for this?

It seems to run fine for the most part ... just the initial connectivity issue. Sometimes it connects on startup ...

I located the driver that is supposed to help in the IONetworkingFamily.kext package. Its called "Apple_DEC21x4Ethernet.kext". The application Network Utility shows my card connected is a DECchip 21140 at 10Mb speed. "Link Status" is Active, but only after I do my Apply Now routine.

Having worked on this issue before, I may have added this to my IONetworkingFamily.kext package, or Apple had it there. Know which on a Panther 10.3.9 system? (highlight the IONetworkingFamily.kext and look at its contents by control-Click and Show Package Contents).

When having similar issues elsewhere, one solution was to Trash the "______.plist file and have it rebuilt at Startup.

Can I do this with the Info.plist and / or Version.plist that shows up in the Contents folder? Maybe that would solve the initial connectivity failure? Other plist file that I could Trash that would help?

Here's a sample from the Log when trying to StartUp:

Sep 7 18:34:38 localhost SystemStarter: Waiting for network initialization
Sep 7 18:35:05 localhost last message repeated 9 times
Sep 7 18:35:06 localhost kernel: DEC21x4: multicast filter update failed
Sep 7 18:35:06 localhost last message repeated 4 times
Sep 7 18:35:06 localhost configd[91]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Sep 7 18:35:06 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 0 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd": exited as a result of signal 1 [pid 212]
Sep 7 18:35:07 localhost kernel: DEC21x4: multicast filter update failed
Sep 7 18:35:07 localhost kernel: DEC21x4: multicast filter update failed
Sep 7 18:35:08 localhost SystemStarter: Waiting for network initialization
Sep 7 18:35:11 localhost kernel: DEC21x4: 10BaseT Link PASS
Sep 7 18:35:11 localhost SystemStarter: Waiting for network initialization
Sep 7 18:35:14 localhost configd[91]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/set-hostname
Sep 7 18:35:14 localhost configd[91]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change

Ideas Welcomed ...

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

It looks like the stall is coming from Mac OS X still trying to configure your old, blown-out ethernet port...

Sep 7 18:34:38 localhost SystemStarter: Waiting for network initialization 
Sep 7 18:35:05 localhost last message repeated 9 times

There's nearly a 30 second pause there while Mac OS X tries to initialize networking, at which time:

Sep 7 18:35:06 localhost configd[91]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change

...it seems to "change" networks, most likely to the Asante card. Then:

Sep 7 18:35:08 localhost SystemStarter: Waiting for network initialization 
Sep 7 18:35:11 localhost kernel: DEC21x4: 10BaseT Link PASS

A successful config on an alternate ethernet port (your Asante card), and the rest of the log seems to go along swimmingly.

Can you try completely disabling the built-in, blown-out ethernet port in the Network pane of the System Preferences? There should be an option to either remove it from the list, or mark it as "inactive."

 

[Bill Connelly]

Can't seem to get rid of the Built-in Ethernet (MACE) listed in the Network pane.

I always have it Un-checked, and tried to Delete it, but it just stays around. Also went in and turned the IPv4 and IPv6 to OFF.

I believe it partially must be working, as sometimes it is satisfied, except I cannot use it to do internet communications.

Is there a plist file associated with the ethernet connectivity, I can drag to the Trash, to force things to rebuild at Startup?

I was having problems not being able to change my Desktop background, and when I dragged users/billconnelly/library/preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist to the Trash, I was able to choose my backgrounds, and they were there the next time I did a Startup.

One of these maybe:

com.apple.internetconfig.plist
com.apple.internetconnect.plist
com.apple.internetpref.plist

???