Hi,
I'm not really sure that I understand what you mean, since I don't know what the TT's TCP dock is, but:
- is the card recognized by the Newton?
- have you selected the right card in the Internet Setup, or when connecting?
I had some problems getting my 3Com Megahertz CXE589DC-card working - it wasn't recognized by the Newton. Turned out that it didn't work with the patch for the CXE598XX-series card, even though card was marked as such a card.
I was told that selecting the right driver for the 3Com cards could be a pain (due to different branding), so I used ViewFrame and evaluated the GetCardInfo() method, in order to find out what the card actually presented itself as. Lo and behold - it introduced itself as a 3Com 3C589D. After installing the "original" 3C589 patch, it worked nicely.
I just tried using NewtSync over TCP/IP (wonderful piece of software btw) and seleting a different card type, just to see what happened. It just gave up - no error message at all. Maybe that could be why the lights aren't activated - the Newton is trying to use a different card than the one you are using...
Hope it helps.
/Ola Widin
"Boot, you transitorized tormentor! BOOT!"
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On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Damien Batstone wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I got my nice new 3C589D ethernet card today, and put it in my newton. I
>installed ETH2.0/card drivers/TCP dock needed on a friend's powerbook last
>weekend. The newton pings the card on startup, and then it stays on for a
>while. When I try to connect using TT's TCP dock, it goes through a rapid
>cycle of waiting for response/establishing link/waiting for response/ and
>then "Connection error"/"No link setup is defined" error boxes, even with
>the card out of the Newton. It doesn't even activate the card lights,
>indicating nothing's going on. The card works fine in two laptops, and
>when I try appletalk from the newton over ethernet (when plugged into a
>hub), the light goes off like a Danish Christmas. I stupidly didn't
>install any other ethernet utilities apart from TCP dock so can't test them.
>
>I've got DIL tester listening (I've checked with netstat -van), and have
>tried with a few other ports. I've tried with both a tested crossover
>cable, and through my hub/DHCP server/router/firewall black box. I'm
>trying to connect via a 10/100 intel miniPCI on an IBM TP R31 with win2k
>Pro. Any ideas or special tricks? I'm at my wits end.
>
>Regards,
>
>Damien
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