altern8energy Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 this is getting really annoying!!! I have 3 different ISOs ranging from 10.4.3 to 10.4.5 and every PC that I install on appears to always have problems with getting the ethernet network to work. Network Diagnostics always shows all items in Network Status as failed. The Built-in Ethernet port is always greyed out in choose network port configuration. This is drving me ballistic.. The test machine in use is a HP Compaq DC7100 business PC. Either I'm doing something wrong or every PC I've tested on is basicly uncompatible... The more I try to test this Intel version of the MAC OS, the more I'm turned off by it strictly because of the proprietary BS that Apple has continued to go with.. If they want a piece of the Microsoft pie, they should make their OS beable to install and run on ANY 1-2 year old PC. -Altern8Energy- Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastMac Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Did you ever try using a PCI ethernet card? that's how I got round that problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-69992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
altern8energy Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 what kind of PCI ethernet card? a regular 3COM card or a Intel card? -Altern8Energy- Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-70005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktear Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 A 3COM should do it.. I have a 3COM 3C905B TX wich works just fine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-70075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWakeUpCall Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 I have the 3COM 3C905B-TX but it keeps saying that it can't connect me, even if it's setup exactly like on windows. Little help please? Any tips? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-97133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWakeUpCall Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Worked out the problem, you have to have a DNS server in the settings, which you can get form your router info if you type in (for me anyway) 192.168.1.1 in any browser. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-101705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tachoma Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 i have a 3com card that works also .. but did you get the built-in ethernet card to work after setting the DNS ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-106275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake5253 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 change the settings? what? how? I've been toying with it for 4 hours, getting ever-more pissed off, running in circles, etc. I cant change any settings for dns. its all greyed out, i dont even know if it recognizes my 3com pci ethernet card. it doesn't look like it does. what am i doing wrong, how do i get it to recognize my 3com card? i've loaded kexts, i think (at least a dozen or two times) i've cleared the kextcache (at least 50 times) i've restarted at least 50 times. nothing i try works, my card is the 3com 3c905B. any help would be SOOOO appreciated. thank you. Jake Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-147460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBeta Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Maybe someone could help me...How do you set up a wireless network card in OSX? it worked when I first started, but then I had to restart, and it doesn't work at all now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-147494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phototalk123 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Maybe someone could help me...How do you set up a wireless network card in OSX? it worked when I first started, but then I had to restart, and it doesn't work at all now. Follow those procedures: After boot up the airport icon is visible in top bar but is greyed out in Network Prefs Modify /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist -en0->en1 -A couple lines down of en0->en1, change 0 to 1 too... reboot It should now find the [...] chipset as being a Airport Extreme Card (lots of money saved here ) I had the exact same problem, but after I modified the file it is fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-147548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBeta Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 That did the trick for me! Thank you! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-147832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtreme571 Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 For some reason, that networkinterfaces.plist keeps on restoring itself on every boot. I'd change it en0 to en1 and restart...network wont work, go back in and check, it is still en0. can anyone enlighten me??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-175524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentford9 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I have the same problem when I try that. I boot with the " -s " switch to boot into single user mode, mount the disk, and then I nano the file, change it, and save it. Then when I reboot it seems to default back to "en0". Does anyone have any ideas here? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-185127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisadd Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I'm having the same problem here. Always changes back to en0. I repaired the permissions after I saved the file, rebooted, and it was back to en0. My wireless card worked the very first time I booted up to OS X, and it hasn't worked since. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-185748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentford9 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I repaired the file permissions too and that didn't work. If the file structure was like linux an idea would be to copy the networkInterfaces.plist file, and then take the copy and put it somewhere else like in " / " since it's convienent, and then modify the /etc/rc.local file, and add a copy command to copy the new modified version over the /library/preferences/systemconfiguration/networkinterfaces.plist one that keeps reverting back to en0. Since in linux one of the last things run on boot, is the rc.local file, I figure that if you were to copy the new one over the old one that keeps reverting back theoretically it would solve it. As for the reason this happens, I have no idea. I assume that the file might be generated by something else on boot, which could be why it keeps changing back to en0. Or maybe there's something else that should be done besides saving the file and rebooting. Repairing the file permissions doesn't seem to do anything except add false hope and a wasted 5 minutes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-186133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisadd Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Fixed it! You have to change the "BSD Name" from en0 to en1 but you ALSO have to change IOInterfaceUnit to 1. Changed that and the file stays the same everytime and AirPort works now! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-186406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentford9 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Excellent, that did it ... thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-187237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsilk123 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Excellent!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-193811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfish Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Why I cant find en0 in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist thanks . p.s : my en0 is gray in the systentools /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11186-network-never-works-on-any-pc-i-install-on/#findComment-197344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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