Subject: Re: MacII EtherNet Woes (HELP!)
To: Adam Nicol Delu <abam@othello.sph.berkeley.edu>
From: Brad Salai <bsalai@cyber1.servtech.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/25/1996 23:24:22
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 24 Jan 1996, Tank wrote:
> 
> > Well, because there was no kernel level support for SONIC based ethernet
> > cards, I gave in and purchased a card that was on the supported list (The
> > Asante MacConi NB-10T), however, NetBSD now crashes during boot while
> > trying to mount the ae0 device.  There is no error message, it just freezes
> > at the line:
> >    ae0 at nubus0: address 00:00:94:60:e6:19, type MacCon NuBus-A, 32k Mem.
> 
> I used to get this error when I was running my IIci with a video card.  I 
> could run with the video card (but no ethernet).  I could run with the 
> internal video and the ethernet.  But I could not use the  
> external video and the ethernet card.
> 
> Also, I needed a kernel that was happy about my internal video. . . . 
> NFS kernel worked but no serial ports :-(  Generic 50 kernel did the 
> trick for me.  Now I have my ethernet working, and internal video.  My 16"
> E-machines video card is sitting on a heap of ISA scsi, ide, sound  and lan 
> cards in my home office:-(
> 
> It's much faster to telnet into my 1.1BSD IIci from my powermac 
> than it is to display on my IIci locally (X, dt, or console).  I also have a 
> color X server on my Mac and on my Linux machines, which is a bit more 
> flexible (1278 x 1024) and easy on the eyes.
> 
> Defnitely want to get it working.
> 
> > 
> > Can someone PLEASE help me get this thing running..... I figured by installing
> > a supported ethercard, I'd be able to "coast" through the rest of the
> > install, but.......
> 
> Not there yet.  You'll still have to run ifconfig and set up your network 
> services.  I don't have a router so I'm just setting the NetBSD mac as 
> the default router on my PowerMac.
> 
> --Adam
> 

Has anyone gotten an ethernet card working on a MacII with a video card?
Since there is no internal video, the card is pretty necessary :)

Brad