installing an NIC in 10.2.8

[cmetom]

hello all,

i wish to install a 2nd network card on my b&w G3.
looking here: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/OSX/os_x_network_cards.html#smc
it seems several people have successfully installed an SMC 1211TX card, but on older PowerMacs.

now the driver is available following the link on that page above, but i don't know what to do with it. the accompanying text file stated to extract the "FastEther.ketx" file and put it into /System/Library/Extentions and reboot. I did this but there is still not a second NIC appearing in System Profiler or anywhere. The 1211 device is listed as being installed in a PCI slot, in the Profiler.

can anyone shed some light on manually installing OSX drivers, or perhaps even installing darwin / BSD compatible drivers (for any network card) on OSX? much appreciated, as I'm a newbie when it comes to Mac OSs.

System:
G3 350@400; 1024Mb PC133 SDRAM; ATI Radeon 7000 PCI 64Mb; SMC 1211TX PCI Network Card.
OSX 10.2.8; All latest relevant updates.

cmetom

 

[gsahli]

Curious if you went to Network Prefs and "Show: Network Port Configurations" and tried to add a new ethernet port there?

Maybe you'll find hints here:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020911070730972&query=ethernet+card

 

[cmetom]

yep.

i do that, and go "add new" and it says "name:____" and "port:___"
the "port" option is a dropdown box and only lists the modem and built-in ethernet...

what's happening in my eyes is that i'm loading the driver and it may or may not be successful, but nowhere i know to look lists "eth1" (for instance)

 

[cmetom]

ok, irrelevant to the second card, you can have multiple configurations on the one card, and you can route between them!!! unbelievable!!

cheers for that link, gsahli!!