Beige G3 network help

[tradrsam]

I powered up my old beige g3 and installed jaguar without a hitch but I cant seem to get the machine on the network.

Ifconfig shows that the mode is autoselect, mtu 1500, but status is inactive. I tried to force 10baseT/UTP half-duplex (ifconfig en0 media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt half-fuplex) but any combination I try gets a "SIOCSIFMEDIA: operation not supported" error.

I tried to use a 3rd party 10/100 nic (3Com) but the machine doesnt recognise the card.

I am using a Belkin 4 port router connected to a cable modem.

Any help on best approach to solve this problem is greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

[Mudbug]

I've got mine set for automatic DHCP and for it to configure everything on it's own, and I have zero problems. Is it possible that the NIC interface is bad, or that the cable is bad?

(or god forbid, it's not plugged in...)

 

[tradrsam]

Its plugged in

It turns out to be a crossover cable issue - just made one and it works fine. Thanks for the input.