Ztardust Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 On my laptop with Zephyroth 10.5.2, when I go into system settings ->network, I only get "Ethernet". On my Powermac G5 running 10.4.11, when I go into system settings ->network, I get "Built-in Ethernet"... What is the difference? Should I be getting "Built-in Ethernet" on my OSX86 laptop, or is this just something that has changed in the upgrade from 10.4 to 10.5? When I connect my OSX86 laptop directly to the router at work(throuh a normal lan cable), internet works fine and I get a green light in the network preferences. But at home I am sharing the ethernet connection from a windows PC to my Powermac, and that is working fine on the powermac. But when I take the ethernet cable from the powermac to the osx86 laptop, it doesn´t react at all. It just says "Status: Cable Unplugged"... Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 There is no difference between "Ethernet" and "Built-in Ethernet", is just a name. If you PowerMac or your hacintosh NIC does not have automatic MDI/MDI-X you need to make a crossover cable: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable or buy an ehernet hub or switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztardust Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Thank you so much for your reply. This sounds like it could be the solution to my problem. I had already tried 2 different cables, but since both were working fine with my Powermac, I had really excluded the cable from being a possible cause for the problems with my laptop. I had no idea that I might need to get a "crossover" cable. So, thanks. I´ll try this out on monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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