I have a beige G3 desktop Mac which seems to have had its Ethernet port
damaged by a lightning strike that got to our house's Ethernet wiring.
I assume the only actual repair is a new motherboard.

Is there a PCI Ethernet card that would work? I would guess that might
be a cheaper way to get network connectivity back. Thanks for any
suggestions.

Gary Ford

In article <p-lefebvre-161E11.17461806082003[at]reader1.news.rcn.net>,
Phil Lefebvre <p-lefebvre[at]GOnorthwestern.edu> wrote:

> In article <060820031202199769%scroff[at]expireit.com>,
> Gary Ford <scroff[at]expireit.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a beige G3 desktop Mac which seems to have had its Ethernet port
> > damaged by a lightning strike that got to our house's Ethernet wiring.
> > I assume the only actual repair is a new motherboard.
> >
> > Is there a PCI Ethernet card that would work? I would guess that might
> > be a cheaper way to get network connectivity back. Thanks for any
> > suggestions.
> >
> > Gary Ford
>
> Yes. I have an Apple 10/100 card in my Beige G3. I've used a Dayna
> 10/100 card in a StarMax clone. There are also cards from Farallon and
> others. Some even work with the Apple extensions (the Dayna doesn't).

I have a D-Link DFE530+TX in my StarMax clone which has worked well.
They have Mac drivers on their web site for 8-9 and OS X.

http://www.d-link.com/products/?pid=122

I've seen them as low as $5.00 at OfficeMax after rebates.

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