About to Give up on YDL for PM 6500s

[Jared Pedroza]

I have to disagree. I think that we as mac users are spoiled when it 
comes to hardware integration. On windows you have many of the same 
problems with drivers. I have to ask, does terrasoft list the NIC as 
being supported?

Jared
On Tuesday, August 20, 2002, at 01:25  PM, Chuck Coleman wrote:

> on 8/20/02 12:01 PM, Gary Vankirk at vankirk@thevision.net wrote:
>
>> I'm working on a G4  (on a DSL line which is really irrelevant -
>> ethernet is ethernet) and my network setup has been a challenge.
>> After going through the install process 5 or 6 times I don't even
>> bother with setting it up at install time. I've learned that you
>> first must setup your network card, mine does not work "out of the
>> box". Until you do that, you will get nowhere. Use "network
>> configuration" under the "system" heading from the "start" menu - not
>> the one with the yellowdog logo, the other one. You may have to play
>> with it until it works: add your device, even if it's listed. Delete
>> the other one. I have to keep at it until it lists my card as "3-Com
>> (throw it away!)" - literally. Bring the "monitor" up and if it's
>> working you will see activity after awhile. You may have to reboot
>> somewhere in the process to initialize the card. It was painful and I
>> don't have the process perfected, but next time I will at least know
>> where to start.
>
> This is what I have been doing. I have a Farallon card and it is a NEC
> chipset. I have just been selecting a different card each time and have
> gotten through about half of them.
>
> There is so much that needs to be fixed on Linux for the masses. The 
> average
> person wouldn't put up with this crap.
>
> Chuck
>
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