Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / March 2005

I'm having problems getting my Powerbook 1400CS/133 to work with a
Macsense MPC-10 Ethernet PC-CARD.

I'm running OS 8.1 w/32MB RAM and have installed the latest drivers
(v2.0).  The OS recognizes the card as an"alternate ethernet" device
and I'm able to enable both Appletalk over ethernet and TCP/IP using
DHCP.

The problem I'm having is that although the ethernet card is detected
and working, Open Transport does not receive a dynamic IP/Subnet
Mask/Gateway setting as it should since I'm connected to a DSL router
with DHCP enabled.  Assigning the IP settings manually and then
running a web client still gives me no response from the router.  The
router itself does detect that an ethernet port is in use by the
presence of an LED light but no traffic appears to be flowing to the
NIC.

I have other machines on my LAN which work fine and receive the
necessary IP settings which enable them to access the net.  My PB1400
with the Macsense ethernet card just seems to stall and do nothing
even though the card is detected and working fine.  No traffic is
visible from the router to the Powerbook.

Any ideas ?