I was engaged in conversation over at openstep.se with iTomato about using a PCMCIA NIC under OS 4.2 on my Vaio XG700. I was advised to get a 3com 3C589C, I have one and it seems to work, however I have the combo card and dongle, OS 4.2 wants to use the 10base2 Co-axial connector instead of the 10baseT. iTomato knew how to make it work. Can sombody help me?
I used 3c589.cfg under DOS and switched the connection type but it's still the same, during boot I can see the card is detected but is using the co-ax connector. Using the 3c589 OS 4.2 driver of the OS 4.2 CD ROM with no hacks or mods.
Card is working fine as iTomato said it would under BeOS 5.1 Dano & Windows 2K
Thank
brams
I got given one of these - along with an old Toshiba 490 CDT - but the dongle seems to be screwed... where did you source it? I want to get a working one as OPENSTEP 4.2 without networking is sort of quaint.
When do you want that book to be sent too? ;-) I'm back at work on the 3rd.
I use a 3C589D on my P1000G. It also is a combo card.
I went through the notes I took when I set it up on Openstep 4.2 and came up with the following:
In order for the card to default to the 10baseT, go into the Openstep device setup GUI and entered into expert mode (with expert mode some of the device information is editable in text mode).
In my case the setup text for the card was modified as follows:
MFR=3ComCorportation, PROD=3C589D, Connector=RJ-45,.....
Yours of course will be PROD=3C589C. It is the Connector=RJ-45 setting that needs to be added in your case.
There was some kind of trick to edit and save the changes. However, I have my P1000G torn appart right now and can't verify the steps for you.
Quote from: "memson"I got given one of these - along with an old Toshiba 490 CDT - but the dongle seems to be screwed... where did you source it? I want to get a working one as OPENSTEP 4.2 without networking is sort of quaint.
When do you want that book to be sent too? ;-) I'm back at work on the 3rd.
Hi memson,
Good to see you here, I got it off eBay last week cost about 4 pounds inc P&P for card and dongle.
About the book, I'm not in any rush for it, I'm out of the UK until at least May 2006 so I cant do anything with until then. Thanks :-)
Quote from: "gborgns"Yours of course will be PROD=3C589C. It is the Connector=RJ-45 setting that needs to be added in your case.
Do I need to edit the top line or just add a line to the file?, I tried to edit it before but it does not seem to retain any changes?
Thanks.
Just add: Connector=RJ-45
The 3C589C should work with auto detect ID's, so you don't need to add PROD=3C589(C).
So the steps are:
1. Enter Configure.app.
2. Click on the globe icon to edit network settings (Be sure you've configured the "3Com EtherLink III PCMCIA Adapter").
3. Select the "Expert" options button from the main window to see the table of driver settings.
4. Look for the "Auto Detect IDs" key, it should be near the top. You'll see that the value is "MFR=3ComCorporation,PROD=3C589" or something similar.
5. Add "Connector=RJ-45" (no quotes). Seperate from the other entries with a comma and NO space. It should now read: "MFR=3ComCorporation,PROD=3C589,Connector=RJ-45".
6. Ok, here's the trick I couldn't remember before; Be sure to hit ENTER after editing the line (an old NXTableView problem - thanks Google news group!).
6. Save and reboot.
I have one 3C589C, two 3C589D-TP cards and 3 dongles (2 with RJ-45 connectors and one with a RJ-45 and a BNC one) and I've tried all possible combinations. None of them works for me. All three cards seem to get recognized by OPENSTEP, but it always detects the wrong connector. If I use a RJ-45-only dongle - a BNC is beeng autodetected. When I use the RJ-45 + BNC one - an AUI connector is being detected. I've tried adding a "Connector" entry in the configuration panel, but that doesn't seem to make any difference.
Exactly the same thing here, but I've not had time to play since before Christmas, I'll try again soon.
Mines a 3c589-C Combo with RJ-45 & BNC dongle.
FYI, there is a program called 3c589.cfg which runs under DOS (I used a DOS boot floppy) which allows you to config the ROM on the card, you can select the default Ethernet port. It didn't do the trick for me but your mileage may vary.