Re: Uther issues... very few signs of life...

[Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com>]

On Feb 14, 8:26 pm, Eric Rucker <bhtoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just bought an Uther from Sean Fahey, and am having some issues, so
> I'm asking for assistance here before I send the card back for another
> one...
>
> My system is a ROM 3 GS, with no upgrades (other than the Uther.)
>
> I attempted to use ADTPro over ethernet, that didn't work, so I then
> moved onto Contiki.
>
> Contiki couldn't get an IP address. And, if I gave it a static IP, it
> couldn't do anything.
>
> I've tried the card in slot 2 (Your Card), 3 (Built-In Text Display),
> 5 (Your Card), and 7 (Your Card).
>
> The router (a Linksys WRT54G v7) and the Uther's link lights light up,
> but the Uther doesn't show up in the MAC list on the router.
>
> Broadcast pinging the subnet that the Uther is on causes the activity
> light to blink. DHCP requests also cause activity light blinking.
>
> I've also tried plugging it directly into my ThinkPad, which has an
> autosensing ethernet port. (No crossover cables necessary. :)) The
> ThinkPad saw the card, and connected to it at 10 megabit half duplex,
> but with manual IPs set, nothing happened. I also fired up Wireshark,
> and attempted to get a DHCP address on the GS. Nothing.
>
> The cable is known good - I linked my ThinkPad to it on one end, and
> to the router on the other, and was immediately able to get online.

Oh, and something that I forgot to mention... Sean said that he had
tested the card with Contiki before he sent it to me. So, my GS is
what I'm suspecting the most.