Cisco Systems 17053 appendix NIC Compatibility and Operation Issues, Nic

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NIC Compatibility and Operation Issues

Disclaimer: Use this table as a guide in order to troubleshoot NIC issues. Consult the NIC vendor for verification and proper resolution of the issue.

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NIC

 

 

 

Model/Manufacture

Symptom

Description

Resolution

 

Apple Macintosh

Intermittently loses

Driver versions

 

network services

earlier than 2.04 can

 

G3

 

when the built−in

experience this issue.

Upgrade to driver version

 

 

Ethernet interface is

Contact vendor

2.04 or later.

 

used.

technical support for

 

 

 

more information.

 

 

 

 

 

Apple Macintosh,

 

 

 

Power Macintosh

 

Apple Speed/Duplex

 

G3, and Powerbook

Unable to set speed

 

tool is required to

Download Apple

G3

and duplex of

manually set

Speed/Duplex tool from

 

built−in Ethernet

 

speed/duplex of

Apple support website.

 

 

Apple Macintosh

interface manually.

Ethernet interface.

 

 

 

OS with Open

 

 

 

Transport 2.5.1 and

Unable to obtain

Upon bootup,

See Apple technical

2.5.2

Macintosh can fail to

DHCP address from

information library

 

DHCP server.

obtain IP address

article 25049.

Apple Macintosh

In order to

Unable to determine

from DHCP server.

 

Built−In Ethernet

troubleshoot network

 

hardware MAC

connectivity issues,

Contact vendor technical

 

 

address.

host MAC address

support.

 

 

can be required.

 

 

 

 

 

Apple Macintosh

 

 

 

Performance Issues

Built−in Ethernet

Concern of maximum

See Apple technical

and NuBus

interfaces

data transfer rate

information library

 

outperform NuBus

possible with the

 

article 12000.

 

 

 

 

Ethernet cards.

built−in Ethernet.

 

 

 

 

Some NICs can

 

 

 

operate

 

Apple Powerbook

 

out−of−specification,

 

 

as published in IEEE

 

G3/G4 with Internal

Slow performance

 

802.3. Some

 

NIC

when large file

 

Catalysts are more

 

 

transfers are

 

 

tolerant of

 

 

performed.

Use of external or PC

 

out−of−spec NICs

 

 

card. Contact Apple

 

 

and do not notice any

 

 

technical support.

 

 

performance

 

 

 

 

 

degradation.

 

 

 

 

 

Various Apple

 

 

 

G3/G4 Laptops and

 

 

 

Workstations with

 

 

Upgrade to latest NIC

Internal NICs

Slow performance.

Notable slow

driver and load Duplexer

 

performance.

utility. Verify

 

 

autonegotiation settings.

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