Re: Dead Uther?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message cZudndACN4_hRjbVnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@comcast.com">news:cZudndACN4_hRjbVnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> "Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message Pine.GSO.4.64.0808200346190.9606@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca">news:Pine.GSO.4.64.0808200346190.9606@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca...
> > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, touchstone wrote:
> >
> > > My Uthernet card seems to be dead, or at least partially so.
> >
> > Rather alarmingly, pretty much the exact same thing has happened to me... 
> > and the A2RetroSystems support forum seems to be down at the moment :(
> >
> > Mine was working just fine (using Contiki 1.3)... I quit Contiki to use 
> > another program and when I restarted Contiki I had no connection.
> >
> > My symptoms are: connection light is on but activity light shows nothing 
> > (except when booting system). My router doesn't see the card (MAC address 
> > doesn't show up in DHCP) and trying to ping times out.
> >
> > I've swapped out each variable (computer, router, hub, cables) 
> > individually and en masse with no change, so I have to think it's a 
> > failure of the Uther itself...
> >
> > ] SIMON D WILLIAMS 
>
> God, Please, NO!!! Not likely that the card went bad. 
>
> I haven't used mine in a while. Maybe I should hook 
> it up to see how far I get. Of course, I don't use 
> anything but Contiki. 


Sorry, what I meant was, I install the Uther, 
boot my Contiki disk, go get what I need, remove 
the Uther, then run other programs. I'd like an 
external slot switcher, then I can just switch 
it out. 

Bill Garber from GS-Electronics
http://www.garberstreet.com