Farallon Ethernet Installer 2.3
. ™ NetLINE Gigabit PCI Card User’s Guide ar all . Copyright © 2000 Farallon Communications, Inc. V.500 All rights reserved.
This manual and any associated artwork, software, and product designs are copyrighted with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws this manual, artwork, software, and product designs may not be copied, in whole or part, without the written consent of Farallon. Under the law, copying includes translation to another language or format. Installing the software.8 Macintosh.8 Windows NT 4.0.10 Windows 2000.12 Chapter 3 - Operation.13 NetLINE Gigabit PCI Card LEDs.14 Troubleshooting tips.15 Troubleshooting for Macintosh.15 Troubleshooting for Windows.15 Chapter 4 - Farallon Technical Support.17 Farallon Internet information resources.18. Mbps interfaces in congested servers. It is also completely interoperable with Ethernet and Fast Ethernet equipment. As with all Farallon cards, the NetLINE Gigabit PCI Card is fully compliant with IEEE Ethernet standards so you can build your network quickly and easily.
Farallon LC PDS Ethernet Driver Setup (Mac abandonware from 1993). EN_Card_Installer_2.3.sit (325.06 KB) Farallon ethernet card driver installer v2.3. User manual for the device Farallon Communications PB 1400. As with all Farallon Ethernet networking products. Running the installer 2. Farallons 10/100 ethernet card for the 6400 2/3/1999. Farallon part#YPN998L for $89.99. Installation was very. Seeing you are recording ethernet card info.
The NetLINE Gigabit PCI Card can be installed in any Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Macintosh OS 8.1 (or higher). YSTEM REQUIREMENTS ACINTOSH Power PC that meets Mac OS 8.1 requirements or higher. A network client should be running Mac OS 8.1 with Open Transport 1.3 or higher. A network server should be running ASIP 5.0 or higher. An available PCI card slot.
The minimum RAM requirements for your computer’s operating system. Introduction ARD FEATURES Support for 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) Uses standard Cat 5 four-pair cabling with RJ-45 connectors Interoperability with existing Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet equipment Standard Ethernet frame size (1,514 bytes plus 4 bytes for check- sum) Supports Jumbo Frames on both Macintosh and Windows plat- forms. Chapter 2 Installation Your NetLINE Gigabit PCI Card can be installed in three simple steps: Installing the hardware Connecting to the network Installing the software Start by installing the hardware, then connect your installed card to the network using the correct cable, and finally install the driver. Locate an available PCI slot and remove any access cover, retainer, or retainer clamp. Ground yourself and take your NetLINE Gigabit PCI Card from its antistatic bag, handling the card by its edges to avoid touching the components. 1 Gb 1 Gb Power 1. Connect one end of a twisted pair Ethernet cable to the NetLINE PCI Card’s RJ-45 port and the other end to an Ethernet network device such as a hub, switch or wall jack.
Use a four-pair Category 5 (or better) straight-through UTP cable to connect the card to a Gigabit device. Windows NT 4.0 or higher (see page 10) Windows 2000 (see page 12) ACINTOSH 1. Insert the NetLINE CD-ROM into the CD drive of your computer and double-click the Installer icon. The Easy Install dialog box appears.
Make sure the appropriate destination disk is selected and click the Install button. Installation 7. When you are finished, close the Control Panel and save your settings. Open the TCP/IP Control Panel. Select the Ethernet slot where the card is installed from the Connect via pop-up menu. Make sure the rest of your TCP/IP panel is configured correctly, with the appropriate IP Address, Subnet mask, Router address and Name Server addresses entered for your network.
Click the Add button. In the Select Network Adapters window, click the Have Disk button. Insert the NetLINE CD-ROM into the CD drive when prompted. Type the path to the driver that matches your system and select.
Installation 7. In the Select OEM Option window, select the NetLINE Gigabit PCI Card and click OK. (The card name appears as Farallon PCI Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.) 8.
The configuration window will appear. Make any parameter changes you want and click the Close button in the Driver Properties window. In the Locate Driver Files window, check the CD-ROM drives box.
When prompted, insert the NetLINE CD into the computer’s CD- ROM drive and type the path to the driver. Verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown, then click the Next button. Chapter 3 Operation The following describes some troubleshooting steps you can take to make sure your card is functioning properly. To make sure your Gigabit Ethernet card is working, check that: the card is properly installed in the PCI slot the cable is securely connected to the card the device at the other end of the cable is an Ethernet, Fast Ether- net or Gigabit Ethernet device, and it is receiving power. Chapter 3 LINE G PCI C IGABIT The NetLINE Gigabit PCI Card LEDs can give you information about link status and network activity. Data: This light indicates any activity the PCI card detects on the network. A blinking light indicates brief bursts of data detected on the port.
Operation ROUBLESHOOTING TIPS Basic troubleshooting steps you can try include: using a different cable (be sure to always use four-pair Category 5 UTP cable for Gigabit Ethernet connections) moving the card to another PCI slot (it is a good idea to install the card in the PCI slot closest to the CPU) making sure the card is properly seated in the PCI slot restarting the computer and reinstalling the driver. Chapter 4 Farallon Technical Support Farallon is committed to providing its customers with reliable products and excellent technical support. We encourage you to use the registration card included in your package to register your Farallon product. Please look in this user’s guide for possible solutions to any problems you come across, and be sure to read any paper release notes or electronic “Read Me”. Chapter 4 ARALLON NTERNET INFORMATION RESOURCES Please visit our website at www.farallon.com for Farallon product information, support resources and home networking information.
UTSIDE OF THE NITED TATES AND ANADA If you are not located in the United States or Canada, you can get service locally by contacting your nearest Farallon reseller or distributor. Appendix ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PCI clock 66 MHz max PCI Data/Address 32 and 64 bit PCI data burst transfer rate 132 MB/sec (32-bit bus) 264 MB/sec (64-bit bus) 528 MB/sec (64-bit bus at 66 MHZ) PCI modes Master/slave 10/100/1000Base-T 10 Mbps/100 Mbps/1000 Mbps Dimensions length: 17.3 cm (6.8 in.) width: 10.7 cm (4.2 in.). EGULATORY NOTICES FCC Rules and Regulations - Part 15. This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
1000B 100B CABLING The diagrams below identify which pins are used to receive and transmit data for two-pair or four-pair Category 5 cabling. 100B PAIR CABLING FOR Hub end Computer end Key: indicates a twisted pair 100B 1000B PAIR CABLING FOR End #1 End #2 Key.
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Jeff wrote to tell me about his success using a D-Link PCI ethernet card in his 6400 and also suggested I start a page for all ethernet card info. I thought that was a great idea so here it is:) Thanks Jeff! Hello, Just thought it might be a good idea to add a PCI Network card area to your Misc. I've had great success getting D-Link DFE-530TX+ cards (typically $5-$15) to work in all of my older Macs including my 6400. The drivers that work best are found on the website for the chipset manufacturer not the actual D-Link drivers. The cards are even Mac OSX compatible. My wife uses the 6400 in the kitchen for TV, FM, Internet Radio (iTunes), Buying groceries (SimonDelivers), Email, and surfing the web.
It's mounted under the counter inside of a cabinet with the monitor and keyboard up top. Thanks for the great site, Jeff If anyone has a card they would like me to add here, just and tell me your story:) Thanks. 9/9/03 D-Link DFE-530TX network card sold in Europe will not work on our Macs!: A reader sent word that the European version of this card does not have the '+' in the name and does not work on his 6400.
Thanks for the info. A word of warning to European readers; the D-Link DFE-530TX+ is sold in the USA.
In Europe we get the D-Link DFE-530TX. Exactly the same product name, but without the '+'. A slight but important difference, not helped by the fact that retailers, at least in the UK, often use the '+' literature in their product descriptions. Encouraged by Jeff's post, I forked out £9 for the plusless version. To be frank, I never even noticed the missing plus when I ordered.
I stuck it in my wife's 6400/200, hooked it up to my spanking new adsl router. I downloaded drivers and spent happy hours tinkering about in them with a binary editor. After much fun and games I only succeeded in moving from no recognition whatsoever of ethernet, to the system recognizing it had ethernet but being unable to use it.
For those who relish a little Mac schadenfreude I'll add a little more context: In order to use the card drivers I had to upgrade the 6400 from 8.0 to 8.6. Tinkering with the delicate ecology of an elderly Mac is fraught with perils, especially if your friendly local pre-enjoyed vendor sends you the install disks for a G3 powerbook. Then there's the little problem of the 6400 having no native connection to my whizzy Ti550 powerbook.
To get a driver onto the 6400 I have to download it via my old AOL connection, which has been upset by the OS upgrade. When it does connect, the old Stuffit version on the 6400 won't unzip the drivers. I can't install a new Stuffit version 'cause it won't run on 8.6. I have to hunt about in the loft to find old Mac magazine covermount CD ROMs to get an older but not so old Stuffit.
In the end I download and reformat drivers on the powerbook and e-mail them to myself at AOL, then back down to the 6400. Then there are the long, low hours of restarts, extension manager reconfigurations and more, many more restarts. You get the picture. It doesn't work.
Tomorrow I have an Asante FreindlyNet 696 card arriving. If that doesn't work, I may shoot myself. The standard delivery cost will be more than the price of the DFE530TX but life is too short. I did pinpoint one distinct possibility for European cheapskates like myself - the Sitecom 10/100 fast PCI card. It costs a tenner and Sitecom lists a Mac driver. But as I say, life's too short.
Wish me luck. Bad experience with the D-Link 530TX+ ethernet card: I don't know if this will happen to many people trying this ethernet card but Gregg wanted to warn us about what might happen. Thanks Gregg! Read on to find out what happened. I spent many unhappy hours with a D-Link DFE-530TX+ NIC and mucking about with a binary editor with the extension that came with the card, the latest version downloaded from D-Link and the Realtek 8139 extension. The problem is neither of the extensions from D-Link has a PCI ID that matches the card like the instructions say it's supposed to!
That doesn't speak well of their programmers.:P Never got anything to work and for now my 7300/200 is sitting with the lid off and a corrupted System thanks to this so-called 'Mac Compatible' card. So it's not a 6xxx, but you wanted experiences with this NIC! I tried clean installs of both 9.1 and 9.2.2 fixed up using the latest OS9 Helper and the result when booting with any of the three NIC extensions was always a corrupted System. Fortunately I picked up the card on a $10 clearance at Office Max and it works great in PC box with Windows, so eventually it'll find a permanent home in one. 2/28/2004 More on the DFE 530TX+ ethernet card: There seems to be some discrepancies as to whether this card will work or not on our Macs?
Some say it does and others say it doesn't. Jeff, who originally wrote in about this card, wrote back to say that he just tried the latest version from D-link and it works just great for him. To read past info on this card. Hi again, I just wanted to follow up on the D-Link DFE-530TX+ information that I sent after reading about some people having problems with this card.
I recently picked up another 6400 and decided to test the latest D-Link cards to see if they are still compatible and easy to set up. To my surprise, they now have even better drivers on the install CD that comes with the card. I installed a brand new D-Link DFE-530TX+ in slot B1 in the 6400, powered up and ran the installer and everything came up and worked great with no tinkering. I then decided to try and get my Umax c600 working with one of these cards. I had spent countless hours trying to get the Farallon comm slot card working with no success.
Installing the D-Link card was a little hard because it would only work in the middle PCI slot, but once I figured that out it was smooth sailing. Both machines are running OS 8.6 right now. I don't know why these cards aren't working for some people, but my experience has been very positive with these cards. I've installed them in PowerMac 9600, PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro, Performa 6400, Umax c600, and more.
They are also very friendly with Mac OS X. I had one installed in my PowerComputing machine when I upgraded to OS X and I didn't even have to install any drivers. Thanks again for the great site! Jeff Here are two versions of the Mac drivers I found on Realteks web site. Also I just purchased this card and although I have not tried it in my 6400, it works great in my B&W G3 running OSX 10.2.8.
And It came with OS 8.x / OS 9.x drivers. To download them.
Please if either of these work for any of you? 7/6/04 - Update on using a ethernet cards with Realtek chip sets: Daan posted some information that is found in the readme that come with the Realtek drivers that could help some people having trouble with these cards. Just read on the frontpage about the RealTek drivers not working for everyone. Have you followed the hints in the Readme? The extension recognizes the card form it's id, which should be pci10ec,8139 (look it up in Apple Menu-System Profiler).
If it isn't that, you need to modify the driver using a hex editor, as is explained in the install.txt file. For example, I had to change it to pci11f6,8139 and after that the driver worked flawlessly. Falk has another reason for why some of these cards may not work.
Hello Thomas! Just wanted to let you know that in some DFE-530 Cards (especially mine:- ( ) a DAVICOM Chip is soldered. This little baby isn't compatible with the Realtek ones and maybe that's the reason for some cards not working.Falk Farallons 10/100 ethernet card for the 6400 2/3/1999 Last week I installed 10/100 COMM II slot fast ethernet card. This card goes in the same slot as your internal modem uses so you will have to remove it before inserting the ethernet card.
Farallon part#YPN998L for $89.99 Installation was very simple. Just remove your mother board, then remove the internal modem if installed and place the ethernet card in the same slot. This is the slot behind the PCI riser card. Now just press the mother board reset button and place the mother board back in the computer. Boot and install the software then restart. I suggest disabling Apples Ethernet extensions before running this card to make sure there is no compatibility issues.
Once restarted goto your Apple Talk control panel and then select make active and then the window will open. Select the Ethernet setting in the Connect Via window then close the control panel.
Now you need to open the File Sharing control panel (or Sharing Setup depending on your OS version) and set it up. This involves giving your Mac a name and a password.
Now click on Start File Sharing and close this control panel. The last thing to do is once File Sharing has started you need to select something to share. The easiest thing to do is click once on your HD icon and then under the File menu pick Get Info then Sharing (or just Sharing depending on your OS version). In here you can tell the OS to make this shared and set up who gets to view it. Once this is done then any oter Mac on your network can view your HD if they have the password. You can also allow guests to have access without a password.
On another Mac you can now goto your Chooser and then select Apple Share and your 6400 will appear in the window if all went well. It worked flawlessly for me. Since this was for my future cable modem I didn't have much to test it on yet except with my PB 233/G3. I hooked the 2 togeter with a crossover cable (needed when 2 computers are connected without a hub) and I was instantly accessing the 6400 from the PB. I tried copying over the latest AOL 4 install which is 12+MB and it took less than 30sec to complete. The PB only has 10B-T so I won't see the full potential of this card unless I get another computer with a 10/100 ethernet card.
Update 2/6/1999: has released optimized drivers for its Fast EtherTX-10/100 PCI and Comm Slot II Ethernet cards and Mac OS 8.5. The company claims performance improvements of 'up to 35% on file transfers over a leading third-party card.' Update 6/24/1999 Farallons 2.0 extension for their 10/100 COMM II ethernet card not compatible with OS 8.6: Ever since getting my cable modem and upgrading to OS 8.6 I have been having some more shut down freezes. I traced it to Farallons 'Farallon FastENPlus' version 2.0 extension.
It was an update to make the card run faster but it seems to be incompatible with OS 8.6. If I revert to the 1.1 version which shipped with my card, I have no shut down freezes at all. I will be emailing Farallon this info. 8/7/1999 Farallon admits their 2.0 driver for the Comm II slot 10/100 ethernet card is incompatible with OS 8.6: I just got this from Carl who recieved an email from Farallon stating that they are aware of the issue and working on a fix. Tom: I switched back to 1.1 of the Farallon driver and all is well.:-) I received this reply from Farallon regarding the 2.0 driver: 8/27/1999 Farallon Fast EtherTX-10/100 and cable modems: I found this on web site.
It seems there is more of a problem then just shutdown freezes as I and a few other have experienced with the 2.0 version of their driver. I haven't had this problem yet but its definitly worth noting.
After installing a cable modem, Mike Marlett started experiencing random freezes and Type 12 errors in Netscape Communicator 4.6, Claris Emailer 2.0.v3 and the Finder (in OS 8.6). As the modem was connected to his Mac via a Farallon Ethercard card, he contacted Farallon for possible help. Farallon Tech Support informed Mike that 'there is a problem with using the Farallon FastENPlus 2.0 extension with a Farallon Fast EtherTX-10/100 card and cable modems. Downgrading to FastENPlus 1.1 is the solution for now.'
They said that they are working on a new driver. Meanwhile, the suggested work-around appears to have worked.
FIX is out!: Farallon just released version 2.1 for their 10/100 COMM II slot ethernet card and so far it is working fine on my 6400 with OS 8.6 as well as some other users:) Plus it seems much faster then the 1.1 driver I had before! To goto Farallons download page. NOTE that it is listed as NEW but still only showing as version 2.0?
I think its a typo as once you download it Get Info does show it as 2.1. 3/31/2000 Farallons Comm II 10/100 Fast Ethernet card not compatible with OS 8.1: Herbert has been exchanging email with me to figure out why he had such poor performance with his Farallon CommII ethernet card in his 6400. He found that their 1.x driver was very suggish and would crash with OS 8.1 and the 2.1 driver did not work at all. He installed OS 9 then the 2.1 driver worked great. But then he had a problem with his Keyspan USB card. The fix was to reboot back to OS 8.1 and run the installer? Man, do we all have to keep several systems installed for situations like this?
Thanks Herbert. Thanks, Tom, for all your help! I decided to shell out the $$$ for OS 9, and with Conflict Catcher the System merge was a matter of 3 minutes. Now everything works as advertised:) The Com Slot card feels (subjectively) even faster than its PCI sibling!
The Keyspan USB card works fine with the Rio, but the Keyspan USB Card Assistant 1.35 can't find the card. The installer from Keyspan doesn't work with OS9, I kept getting the error 'previous corrupt files found' without any files installed yet. So I restarted with OS 8.1, installed the files without problem, moved them over to OS 9 and was able to use the Rio. This is not a problem so far, as I use the port only for the Rio, but later maybe other USB devices might follow. Did you hear about this issue?
Thanks, Herbert I haven't tried OS 9 on my 6400 yet but I used Apples 1.3.5 drivers which are probably what Keyspan used also and they work great with OS 8.6. Maybe Apples installer will work under OS 9 better?
7/22/2000 New Farallon drivers for the 10/100 PCI and COMM II ethernet cards: Here is a link to get the latest drivers (2.2.1 for PCI and COMM II 10/100 cards). I don't know what they changed though? 8/18/2001 Farallon issue with 6400 shutdown returns?: Yann reports that he installed version 2.4 of Farallons ethernet 10/100 driver and was unable to shutdown his 6400 the proper way. Reverting to the 2.1 driver fixed it. Thanks for your answer!
I had version 2.4, the latest drivers found on Farallon's website. Yesterday, I switched back to the original driver found on the CD (version 2.1). I added recent Open Transport extensions available on the 6400's Zone. I also discovered that I had manually disabled the File sharing extension a long time ago and I was finally able to mount my 6400 hard disk on the iBook's desktop. (My first goal was to mount the iBook on the 6400) Now everything seems to work and my 6400 didn't refuse to shut down!:) This problem was reported awhile back but with Farallons version 2.0 drivers. I wonder if the problem has come back to haunt us? If you are using Farallons 2.4 ethernet driver, could you how its working for you?
Thanks 9/2/2001 Farallon 10/100 etherfast 2.4 drivers do not affect shutdown for everyone: VRic wrote to say that he has the 2.4 version of Farallons drivers and they do not affect shutdown on his 6400 as I posted in my last update but he does have a wake from sleep issue that he has not found the cause of yet? I use a Farallon ethernet 10/100 COMM slot II card with v 2.4 driver on my 6400/Sonnet G3 under Mac OS 8.6 and have no problem shutting down. It can't seem to wake from sleep though, but I still had no time to find what is causing this: I just don't let it sleep anymore, which is no big deal since it's a server anyway. I didn't suspect the Farallon card. There are also a Formac Proformance III video card and a FW/USB combo card similar to the one from Evertech in this mac. I'd rather put the blame on the FW/USB card or it's FW drivers from 9.1, maybe someone has ideas to share about wake from sleep issues? I found some PCI cards having trouble with the deep sleep feature in G4s.
VRic Tiong also wrote to say that he has zero problems with the 2.4 version. Thanks Tiong. I have been testing the Farallon 2.4 drivers since the problem was noted in your forum.
No shutdown or wake from sleep issues for me in both OS 8.6 and/or 9.1 Regards, Tiong 9/29/2001 Update on Farallons v2.4 driver causing shutdown problems: VRic wrote me back to say he now can confirm that the v2.4 of Farallons drivers does cause a shutdown problem but only if no network connection is made to the card (at least on his system). I sent you this recently: I use a Farallon ethernet 10/100 comslot II card with v 2.4 driver on my 6400/Sonnet G3 under Mac OS 8.6 and have no problem shutting down. Since then I had the problem, and I believe I found at least one reason for the inconcistencies in those reports: this driver seems to cause the mentioned problem ONLY WHEN THE ETHERNET PORT IS NOT USED. If there's something (a LAN, another Mac or a DSL modem) connected to the Ethernet port, Bob (my 6400) shuts down normally, if not it won't.
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That's why I didn't see it sooner. So the fix is easy: if you have a network, plug it back! If not, deactivate the Farallon driver, since it's not needed anyway.
This looks similar to an old problem we had with built-in Ethernet under system 7.x: if the Ethernet port was empty, AppleTalk would throw an error and revert to LocalTalk. Sam wrote to say that he has a Kingston Ethernet card in his 6400 and its works fine. I'm not sure how old this card is but I'll add this to my Ethernet card page. Here is something I thought your readers might want to know. I have a Power Macintosh 6500/225 to which a previous owner has added PCI Ethernet.
The card says 'Kingston' on the bottom and '10/100 Mbps' on the top. In the middle is the ethernet port and four lights labeled 'Link', 'Act', '100', and 'FDX'.
I am running Mac OS 8.1, and there is a 'Kingston PCI Fast Ethernet' extension in my extensions folder. The card works great!.
Alec sent me some info on an older ethernet card made by Sonic System. He says it works fine for him with at least OS 8.1. He sent me the driver incase anyone needs it. Click the link above to get it. Hi Tom, Seeing you are recording ethernet card info, both of the 6400's here have Sonic Systems Inc PCI 10 cards in and they work without problems under OS 8.1. One card is 10BaseT only while the other has 10BaseT and 10Base2 connectors.
A small driver extension 'PCI-10 Ethernet' is needed for the cards to function. One of them is an ex-college machine (they now use all PC's) and they ran without problems on the network there using System 7.5.3.
Regards, Alec. NexNIC ND010 ethernet card 9/9/2003 Hello, many thanks to you and your site for your help. I have a 6400 that I clean installed OS 9.1 on no G3 processor upgrade though, just the standard 200mhz and the L2 cache board. Whilst looking for a cheap nic that was mac compatible I managed to find a NexNIC ND010 card by UNEX they had a small zip file with all the drivers for all the OS they support. It was only £12 from a local cheap Pc place and it seems to work fine. I have it files sharing and internet browsing with no prob so far. Thanks Phil.
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He later sent this. Hi, just checked the CD that came with the UNEX NIC and all the Mac Drivers are on there too, Mac OS 8.x, 9.x and 10.x!!!!. SMC 1255TX ethernet card John sends word that he didn't have much luck with the D-Link 530TX ethernet card (you need the for our Macs) but did have success with an SMC 1255TX ethernet card. Thomas, I thought I'd add to your ethernet card report. My first attempt was with a D-Link 530TX, and like your other writer it was a waste of time. Not only did the card not work but I hosed something in the system and had to reinstall from a backup.
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I learned from that and began to search company web sites to be sure Mac drivers were available before I dropped any more cash. Eventually I found that SMC makes two cards with Mac drivers, called EZ PCI Card 10/100, models 1244TX and 1255TX. I opted for the 1255TX because it has drivers for systems 7.53 through 9.2.2. I'm using FU-8.6. The 1244TX driver is for 9.1 or above. Both cards also have drivers for various OS X versions but that's not a factor for the 6400.
After the card was in I ran the driver installer and rebooted. The card was recognized and after changing the configuration from modem to ethernet I was on my LAN and into the internet. The only glitch was that the TCP/IP panel shows that the card has two ports when it only has one. Either port setting works on my 6400.
The card cost $28.95 Canadian (about $20 USD) at a local store and was listed at the same price at Macwarehouse Canada. Some things to note: there is no Mac documentation available, the included diskette is pc only, and the Mac drivers from the website come compressed in pc formats so you'll need a compatible expander. Also, don't confuse the 1255TX with the 1255TX-PF. The extra features of the PF card don't work on Macs and the drivers are OS X only. The website for SMC is.
Thanks for all the years you have kept this site up for the 6400 community. John The drivers can be downloaded from. If any of the links do not work properly, please send an email to me the This page last updated.