Re: [NTLK] Ethernet unreliable

From: Chris Chapman (pan1k_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Apr 08 2002 - 20:27:05 EDT


From what I understand, the card itself is of questionable quality? Maybe
that's the problem, or the card's chipset is not working properly with the
driver? Sounds weird... Perhaps it's too different to be used by the driver,
althoough it's recognized.

-Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Oberdörster" <oberdoer_at_uni-duesseldorf.de>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 5:06 PM
Subject: [NTLK] Ethernet unreliable

>
> I borrowed an Ethernet Card from a friend yesterday. As it is labeled
> "Fiberline FL-4680", I didn't think that it would work (it's not
> mentioned in the Ethernet FAQ), but I gave it a try anyway.
>
> So I installed a few drivers, inserted the card -- and the Newt
> recognizes it as a "Longshine Ethernet" card. So it seems to be
> compatible to the Longshine card which is supported by Hiroshi's ATLAN
> drivers.
>
> Ok. I checked the box "Use card for AppleTalk", started "Dock" on the
> Newt, switched it to Ethernet, turned on "listen on AppleTalk" on my
> Mac, found my Mac in the Dock application and tried to connect.
>
> I got a connection, but it's very unstable. I can connect reliably, I
> can use my Mac as a keyboard, but that's about as far as it gets.
> Transmission of larger packages (> about 20 KB) is impossible, very
> small packages get through sometimes, but it takes ages.
>
> I also tried TCP/IP (Internet), and that's very unstable as well.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Alexander
>
>
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