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ahofle:

--- Quote from: kelemvor on November 19, 2006, 11:00:17 pm ---Also some cable modems get angry when you swap devices connected to them.  SO assuming that LAN care is working per the instructions above, unplug the cable modem for a minute and then plug it back in so it forgets what was plugged into it before.  Then boot up your PC and see if that helps.

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It usually takes over a minute to forget the previous MAC address.  The cable company can usually reset it, but if you do it yourself you probably need to leave it unplugged for several hours (or overnight).

TOK:

--- Quote from: ahofle on November 20, 2006, 01:02:44 am ---
It usually takes over a minute to forget the previous MAC address.  The cable company can usually reset it, but if you do it yourself you probably need to leave it unplugged for several hours (or overnight).

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I have never found this to be the case. Simply unplug and plug back in. I know in the instance of Comcast there is nothing you need to call them for regarding the MAC address.

Crowquill:
It might be helpful to know what setup you have. Is there a router involved or are you just switching cabling? What motherboard do you have?

Go through what TOK said to check the drivers since that's probably the issue. You also might double-check that the onboard ethernet is enabled in the BIOS if it gives you the option. On a used system I usually reset the BIOS and then make the changes I need just to be safe.  It's also possible on a used mobo that the ethernet port is bad, but probably not likely. If you can't find drivers or get the port to work right, you can always throw in a cheap ($10 or so) PCI network card. It'll definitely come with a driver disc.

I'm not sure why you'd have trouble downloading the file from fileplanet. I just downloaded it on my G4 (10.4.8 w/ Safari). The only problem I ran into was not scrolling down enough to find the non-subscriber link.   :banghead:

As far as transferring files from the Mac to the Windows box, either use a USB flash drive or burn CDs/DVDs. If you knew networking worked, but just had modem/ISP problems you could use 'Windows Sharing' in OS X 10.2 and up. One program that helps with this is Sharepoints. It'll let you pick folders on the Mac other than your home directory to share with XP. How did you get the ROMs transferred?

I know some of this can be a pain. I set up my XP MAME cabinet by downloading files on my Mac.

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