hello all,
i wish to install a 2nd network card on my b&w G3.
looking here: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/OSX/os_x_network_cards.html#smc
it seems several people have successfully installed an SMC 1211TX card, but on older PowerMacs.
now the driver is available following the link on that page above, but i don't know what to do with it. the accompanying text file stated to extract the "FastEther.ketx" file and put it into /System/Library/Extentions and reboot. I did this but there is still not a second NIC appearing in System Profiler or anywhere. The 1211 device is listed as being installed in a PCI slot, in the Profiler.
can anyone shed some light on manually installing OSX drivers, or perhaps even installing darwin / BSD compatible drivers (for any network card) on OSX? much appreciated, as I'm a newbie when it comes to Mac OSs.
System:
G3 350@400; 1024Mb PC133 SDRAM; ATI Radeon 7000 PCI 64Mb; SMC 1211TX PCI Network Card.
OSX 10.2.8; All latest relevant updates.
cmetom
i wish to install a 2nd network card on my b&w G3.
looking here: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/OSX/os_x_network_cards.html#smc
it seems several people have successfully installed an SMC 1211TX card, but on older PowerMacs.
now the driver is available following the link on that page above, but i don't know what to do with it. the accompanying text file stated to extract the "FastEther.ketx" file and put it into /System/Library/Extentions and reboot. I did this but there is still not a second NIC appearing in System Profiler or anywhere. The 1211 device is listed as being installed in a PCI slot, in the Profiler.
can anyone shed some light on manually installing OSX drivers, or perhaps even installing darwin / BSD compatible drivers (for any network card) on OSX? much appreciated, as I'm a newbie when it comes to Mac OSs.
System:
G3 350@400; 1024Mb PC133 SDRAM; ATI Radeon 7000 PCI 64Mb; SMC 1211TX PCI Network Card.
OSX 10.2.8; All latest relevant updates.
cmetom