4-Port Ethernet PCI board?

When I have bought my Power Mac G4 Server in 2000, it had a 4-Port Ethernet
board built in. Today I want to buy such a board, which must run with Mac OS
X 10.3.x. I think this board was a D-Link 570TX, am I right?

This product is not easy to find because it has been discontinuated. I have
bought the D-Link 580TX but this board is not recognised by Mac OS X 10.3.5!
Would the 570TX board work when I buy it as it is (no modification done by
Apple?)?

Or is there any other product? I need a 4-Port 10/100 Ethernet board
supported by Mac OS X 10.3.x.

Thank you.

Cédric Pillonel

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:28:06 +0200, Cédric Pillonel wrote:

> When I have bought my Power Mac G4 Server in 2000, it had a 4-Port Ethernet
> board built in. Today I want to buy such a board, which must run with Mac OS
> X 10.3.x. I think this board was a D-Link 570TX, am I right?
>
> This product is not easy to find because it has been discontinuated. I have
> bought the D-Link 580TX but this board is not recognised by Mac OS X 10.3.5!
> Would the 570TX board work when I buy it as it is (no modification done by
> Apple?)?
>
> Or is there any other product? I need a 4-Port 10/100 Ethernet board
> supported by Mac OS X 10.3.x.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Cédric Pillonel

If you have the space and a spare port, you can always go external.
Presuming you are using it in a home environment (there are commercial
units available too) you have a couple of choices based on your needs. If
you need routing from the external box you can stick with the D-Link
product. I use a 604 with a System 8 Mac and a Linux box. You plug a cable
from your server/internet connection into the WAN port of the home router.
All the other machines hang off that. Alternatively if you don't need
routing a home hub should do. I have a 3COM which works pretty well. Same
story. Some hubs require a crossover cable coming from the server/internet
connection and others don't. This setup also worked with the above two
machines.

As far as the router goes... Setting it up is done through a web
interface. They don't say this in the manual (which is somewhat misleading
on this point) but ANY WEB BROWSER will do. The OS of the computer is
irrelevant.

The cool thing about going external is you can plan for disaster. It's
only a 30 second cable swap if the unit goes down. Any set up depends on
the device or the person in charge.

Later
Mike